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Definition: Bear Out |
Bear OutVerb1. Support with evidence or authority : make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Bear OutSynonyms: corroborate (v), support (v), underpin (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Evidence | Indorse, countersign, corroborate, support, ratify, bear out, uphold, warrant. |
Vindication | Advocate, defend, plead one's cause; stand up for, stick up for, speak up for; contend for, speak for; bear out, keep in countenance, support; plead say in defense; plead ignorance; confess and avoid, propugn, put in a good word for. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Bear Out |
| English words defined with "bear out": Outbring. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | U.S. Marines advance after Marine close-air fighters plaster targets ahead during fighting in Korea. Billowing smoke and flames from the small, tight target areas bear out the accuracy of the flying Leathernecks' marksmanship. (Marine Corps photo). |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Worker Rights | China | However, foreign companies that purchased these toys stated that their internal investigations did not bear out the allegations. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expression using "bear out": To bear out. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "bear out"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pohoj (admit, affirm, allege, assert, aver, avouch, avow, claim, confirm, have, maintain, predicate, protest, reassert), konfirmoj (affirm, confirm, corroborate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | عزز (abound, boost, build, carry, cement, confirm, consolidate, corroborate, enhance, extend, foster, help, promote, ram, reinforce, sustain, underpin), أكد (accentuate, affirm, assert, asseverate, assure, aver, avouch, check up on, confirm, contend, corroborate, declare, double check, emphasize, predicate, proclaim, profess, protest, punctuate, show, substantiate, swear, underline, underscore, vouch, warrant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | потвърждавам (accredit, acknowledge, affirm, certify, clench, corroborate, endorse, homologate, ratify, reaffirm, speak to, substantiate, support, testify, undertake, uphold, validate, verify, vindicate, vouch, warrant), подкрепям (aid, back, back up, bolster, buttress, carry through, corroborate, countenance, enlist, give a hand, patronize, piece in, promote, prop up, refresh, second, stand by, stand to, stick by, stick up for, support, sustain, take up, undergird, underlie, underpin, uphold, verify, weigh in with). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | potvrdit (acknowledge, affirm, approve, certify, confirm, corroborate, establish, ratify, testify, to confirm, uphold, validate, verify). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | corroborer, confirmer (bear smb.). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | bestätigen (acknowledge, affirm, assure, attest, authenticate, certify, confirm, confirms, corroborate, countersign, endorse, ratify, reaffirm, reassure, recognize, to affirm, to certify, to indorse, to ratify, uphold, validate, verify, witness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γεννώ (bear, beget, born, breed, bring forth, calve, engender, generate, germinate, give birth, give birth to, lay, litter, originate, procreate, sire, spawn, whelp), επιβεβαιώνω (confirm, corroborate, speak to). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לאשר (affirm, approve, asseverate, authorise, certify, confirm, corroborate, endorse, indorse, maintain, obsignate, sanction, testify, uphold, vouch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | igazol (certify, justify, legitimate, prove, substantiate, to attest, to authenticate, to bear out, to confirm, to corroborate, to depose, to exculpate, to justify, to legitimate, to make good, to sanctificate, to sanctify, to substantiate, to support, to verify, to vindicate, to warrant, verify), alátámaszt (confirm, corroborate, to bolster up, to chock, to chock up, to confirm, to corroborate, to shore up, to stanchion, to strengthen, to strut, to support, to underpin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | confermare (acknowledge, affirm, clench, confirm, corroborate, endorse, indorse, prove oneself, substantiate, to confirm, uphold, vouch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ymmyrkey magh (carry out), cur lesh magh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | earbay outay suportar (abet, abide, back, back up, bear, brace, carry out, dree, endure, lean, put up with, suffer, support, sustain, tolerate, upbear, uphold). (various references) confirma (acknowledge, affirm, confirm, corroborate, establish, fortify, homologate, justify, receipt, sanction, strengthen, validate, verify, vouch, witness). (various references) подтверждать (acknowledge, acknowledge by, affirm, attest, confirm, corroborate, corroboratory, endorse, indorse, instantiate, prove out, reaffirm, re-affirm, reassert, verify, vouch, warrant, write to acknowledge), поддерживать (atlas, back, back up, bear up, befriend, bolster, buoy, buttress, carry, countenance, encourage, encouraged by, exhort, give support to, hold up, keep up, maintain, scaffolds, stand by, support, supported, sustain, underpin, upbear, uphold). (various references) složiti se (accede, agree, assent, come round, concede, match), potvrditi (acknowledge, affirm, attest, authenticate, certify, confirm, corroborate, homologate, ratify, reaffirm, sanction, substantiate, validate, verify). (various references) llevar (bear, blow, bring, bring along, bring around, bring round, carry, carry off, carry on, cart, convey, deliver, drive, encroach on, enter up, ferryboat, fetch, have, have on, heave, hump, hunch, keep, lead, live, live through, live up, lug, model, run, see, spend, sport, take, take along, take over, tote, transport, truck, trundle, tug, wash, wear, whip, whirl, whisk), corroborar (corroborate), confirmar (acknowledge, affirm, assent, confirm, corroborate, prove, say yes, support, sustain, to confirm, uphold, vouch). (various references) bestyrka (attest, aver, confirm, corroborate, evidence, justify, prove), bekräfta (acknowledge, affirm, attest to, attested, confirm, corroborate, endorse, ratify, reassert, seal, substantiate, validate, vouch). (various references) yardım etmek (afford assistance, aid, assist, bear a hand, bear smb. out, bear up, befriend, comfort, further, give a hand, give a leg up, give smb. a leg up, give smb. a lift, hand, help, lend a hand, lend assistance, lend help to, lend oneself to, make oneself useful, pull through, second, see through, service, support), onaylamak (accept, acknowledge, affirm, approve, attest, authorise, authorize, be recognizant of, certify, confirm, corroborate, countersign, endorse, give countenance to, grant, hear, hold with, homologate, indorse, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimize, lend countenance to, o.k., ok, okay, ratify, recognize, sanction, smile on, stamp, subscribe, sustain, to confirm, uphold, validate, verify, visa, vise, vouch, witness), doğrulamak (affirm, attest, avouch, certify, confirm, correct, corroborate, hold with, homologate, justify, predicate, substantiate, support, sustain, testify, verify, vouch), desteklemek (advocate, assist, back up, bear smb. out, bolster, bolster up, brace, buoy, buttress, champion, countenance, encourage, endorse, Favor, favour, fortify, give a leg up, give countenance to, go along with, help forward, hold up, identify, indorse, keep smb. in countenance, lend countenance to, logroll, nourish, patronize, promote, prop, root for, second, shore, sponsor, spoonfeed, stake, stanchion, stand, stand by, start, stick up for, strengthen, subordinate, support, sustain, underpin, uphold). (various references) підтверджувати (acknowledge, affirm, approve, attest, avouch, avow, carry, certify, confirm, corroborate, endorse, homologate, indorse, justify, reassert, reconfirm, say yes, uphold, verify, vouch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | conprobati, conprobatum, conprobent. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-o-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: arbute, boater, borate, rebato, rubato, tabour. | |
-2 letters: abort, about, beaut, boart, brute, buret, buteo, oater, orate, outer, outre, rebut, route, taber, tabor, tubae, tuber, turbo, urate. | |
-3 letters: abet, abut, aero, auto, bare, bate, bear, beat, beau, beta, boar, boat, bora, bore, bort, bota, bout, brae, brat, brut, bura, bute, euro, rate, rato, robe. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-o-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: breakout, obdurate, obturate, outbrave, outbreak, saboteur, taboured, tabourer, tabouret. | |
+2 letters: absoluter, arboretum, breakouts, hereabout, objurgate, obturated, obturates, outbarked, outbraved, outbraves, outbreaks, saboteurs, subrogate, tabourers, tabourets, tamboured, tambourer. | |
+3 letters: abductores, arboretums, carburetor, earthbound, hereabouts, obdurately, obituaries, objurgated, objurgates, orbiculate, outbragged, outbrawled, overbrutal, roundtable, rouseabout, subcordate, subrogated, subrogates, tambourers, tambourine, thereabout, whereabout. | |
+4 letters: beardtongue, boatbuilder, burgomaster, carburetion, carburetors, carburettor, construable, counterbade, houseboater, protuberant, rambouillet, redoubtable, redoubtably, roundtables, rouseabouts, subcategory, subordinate, supportable, tambourines, thereabouts, unabsorbent, unelaborate, unobservant, whereabouts. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Expressions 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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