substantiate
pronunciation
How to pronounce substantiate in British English:
UK [səbˈstænʃieɪt]
How to pronounce substantiate in American English:
US [səbˈstænʃieɪt]
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- Verb:
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- represent in bodily form
- make real or concrete; give reality or substance to
- solidify, firm, or strengthen
Word Origin
- substantiate (v.)
- 1650s, "to make real, to give substance to," from Modern Latin substantiatus, past participle of substantiare, from Latin substantia "being, essence, material" (see substance). Meaning "to demonstrate or prove" is attested from 1803. Related: Substantiated; substantiating.
Example
- 1. You must substantiate the following business expenses .
- 2. You can substantiate all this , mosley ?
- 3. The author also conducted a survey to substantiate the correlation analysis .
- 4. Eu officials are already in china investigating solar panel manufacturers to substantiate claims by european competitors of dumping and illegal subsidies .
- 5. From the point of view of cultural geography studying the culture island in guizhou karst area , it not only can dig the cultural connotation deeply , but also substantiate the content of the karst culture system .