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Bear Out

Definition: Bear Out

Bear Out

Verb

1. 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 Out

Synonyms: corroborate (v), support (v), underpin (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Bear Out

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Crosswords: Bear Out

English words defined with "bear out": Outbring. (references)

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Photo Album: Bear Out

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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.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Bear Out

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Expression: Bear Out

Expression using "bear out": To bear out. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Bear Out

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

   

Portuguese

  

suportar (abet, abide, back, back up, bear, brace, carry out, dree, endure, lean, put up with, suffer, support, sustain, tolerate, upbear, uphold). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

confirma (acknowledge, affirm, confirm, corroborate, establish, fortify, homologate, justify, receipt, sanction, strengthen, validate, verify, vouch, witness). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

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)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

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)

   

Spanish

  

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)

   

Swedish

  

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)

   

Turkish

  

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)

   

Ukrainian

  

підтверджувати (acknowledge, affirm, approve, attest, avouch, avow, carry, certify, confirm, corroborate, endorse, homologate, indorse, justify, reassert, reconfirm, say yes, uphold, verify, vouch). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Bear Out

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

conprobati, conprobatum, conprobent. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Bear Out

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

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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