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substantiate

Syllables: sub·stan·ti·ate/səbˈstænʃieɪt/US/səbˈstænʃiˌeɪt/

substantiate verb: to verify something by supplying evidence; to authenticate or corroborate.

Verb

substantiate (third-person singular simple present substantiates, present participle substantiating, simple past and past participle substantiated)

  1. (transitive) To verify something by supplying evidence; to authenticate or corroborate.
    • substantiate allegations
    • substantiate a claim
    Synonyms:
    vouch
  2. (transitive) To give material form or substance to something; to embody; to record in documents

substantiate meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

substantiate in Tamil

உறுதிப்படுத்து, மெய்ப்பி, எண்பி, காரணங்கூறி விளக்கு, ஆதாரம் கூறு, நிரூபி

substantiate in Bengali

প্রমাণ করা, ভিত্তি স্থাপন করা

substantiate in Malayalam

prove, show to be true, give substance to
സ്ഥിരീകരിക്കുക, തെളിയിക്കുക, ദൃഢീകരിക്കുക, തെളിവുമൂലം സ്ഥാപിക്കുക, സത്യമാണെന്നു തെളിയിക്കുക, ശക്തിപ്പെടുത്തുക

substantiate in Kannada

ರುಜುವಾತುಮಾಡು, ಆಧಾರಕೊಡು, ಸಿದ್ಧಮಾಡು, ಸಮರ್ಥಿಸು, ದೃಢಪಡಿಸು, ಬೆಂಬಲಿಸು
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substantiate in Vietnamese
củng cố

Examples of substantiate in a sentence

  • The lawyer was asked to substantiate her claims.
  • He could not substantiate the rumors with evidence.

All 20 example sentences with substantiate

Synonyms of substantiate

Forms of substantiate

third-person singular presentsubstantiates
present participlesubstantiating
past participlesubstantiated
pastsubstantiated

Past tense of substantiate: substantiated

Origin of substantiate

From Medieval Latin substantiatus (“given substance”), from the verb substantiare, first used 1657.

Words formed from substantiate

Questions about substantiate

What does substantiate mean?
Substantiate means to verify something by supplying evidence; to authenticate or corroborate.
What is substantiate in Tamil?
Substantiate in Tamil is உறுதிப்படுத்து, மெய்ப்பி, எண்பி. See Substantiate meaning in Tamil.
How do you use substantiate in a sentence?
The lawyer was asked to substantiate her claims.
What part of speech is substantiate?
Substantiate is a verb.
How do you pronounce substantiate?
Substantiate is pronounced /səbˈstænʃieɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of substantiate?
The past tense of substantiate is substantiated.

Words near substantiate in the dictionary

  1. substantializing
  2. substantially
  3. substantialness
  4. substantials
  5. substantiatable
  6. substantiate
  7. substantiated
  8. substantiates
  9. substantiating
  10. substantiation
  11. substantiations

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: substantiate (page history and authors); substantiate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); substantiate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); substantiate (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); substantiate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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