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veracity

Syllables: ve·ra·ci·tyUK/vəˈɹæ.sɪ.ti//vəˈɹæ.sə.ti/

veracity noun: the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness.

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Noun

veracity (countable and uncountable, plural veracities)

  1. (uncountable) The quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness.
    • Of course if you don't accept Conway's story, it means that you doubt either his veracity or his sanity—one may as well be frank.1933, James Hilton, Lost Horizon
  2. (countable) Something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth.
  3. (uncountable) Agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision.
  4. Act of being exact and accurate.
  5. Correctness and carefulness in one's plan of action.

veracity meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

veracity in Hindi

veracity
सच्चाई saccāī

veracity in Tamil

உண்மை கூறும் பாங்கு, வாய்மை, செய்தியின் மெய்மைத் தன்மை, மெய்வழாமை, வாய்மைப்பண்பு

veracity in Urdu

ایمان داری, کھرا پن, راست بازی, راست گوئی, صداقت, صدق

veracity in Bengali

সত্যবাদিতা, নির্ভুলতা
More languagesFewer languages
veracity in Telugu
బొంకమి boṅkami
veracity in Malayalam
സത്യസന്ധത, സത്യം
veracity in Kannada
ನಾಣ್ಯ, ಸರಿಮೆ, ನನ್ನಿ, ನಿಕ್ಕುವ
veracity in Tagalog
katotohanan
veracity in Arabic
صِدْق ṣidq

Examples of veracity in a sentence

  • During the Porter crisis, Kelly found himself under intense scrutiny for the veracity of his whipsaw statements.
  • The veracity of a dendrochronological dating depends on the certainty of the collations on the dendrochronological scale.
  • The accelerando of the sciences and of technology, their mathematization have beggared both the reach and the veracity of natural language.

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Synonyms of veracity

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of veracity

Forms of veracity

pluralveracities

Origin of veracity

From Middle French véracité, from Old French veracitie, from Medieval Latin vērācitās (“truthfulness”) (whence -acity), from Latin vērāx (“truthful, speaking truth”), from vērus (“true, real”). See very.

Words formed from veracity

Words that rhyme with veracity

Questions about veracity

What does veracity mean?
Veracity means the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness.
What is veracity in Hindi?
Veracity in Hindi is सच्चाई (saccāī). See Veracity meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is veracity?
Veracity is a noun.
How do you pronounce veracity?
Veracity is pronounced /vəˈɹæ.sɪ.ti/ (UK).
What is the plural of veracity?
The plural of veracity is veracities.

Words near veracity in the dictionary

  1. Vera Cruz jalaps
  2. veracious
  3. veraciously
  4. veraciousness
  5. veracities
  6. veracity
  7. Veracruz
  8. Veracruzan
  9. Veracruzes
  10. Veraguas
  11. veraison

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: veracity (page history and authors); सच्चाई (Hindi) (page history and authors); veracity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); veracity (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); veracity (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); veracity (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); veracity (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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