Definition of veritable
: being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary —often used to stress the aptness of a metaphor a veritable mountain of references
veritableness
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The LDF lawsuit finds in the new commission a veritable rogues gallery of voter suppression.
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A veritable city has sprung up almost overnight to handle 2,000 workers and their families (including lodging for 1,000), plus as many as 1,900 horses, behind the backstretch.
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Besides the queen mother and her two heirs, however, one of the most striking elements of the picture is Bey's flowing purple dress, a veritable cascade of ruffles and floral print from Spanish label Palomo Spain.
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The evening opens with a political memoir that is a veritable history of New Orleans politics from the 1950s through the early '70s.
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A veritable parking-lot party, this market is part of Tiny Diner and Farm, a restaurant with an impressive urban farming program.
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Khloé's Good American line has not only denim but also bodysuits, and Kim has a veritable empire, which has recently also expanded into cosmetic territory.
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Dauphin Island and the Fort Morgan peninsula on the Alabama coast were veritable mountains at the time, towering hundreds of feet above the surrounding landscape.
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CLEVELAND - A veritable institution within a University Circle institution is about to go out of business.
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Did You Know?
Veritable, like its close relative "verity" ("truth"), came to English through Anglo-French from Latin. It is ultimately derived from "verus," the Latin word for "true," which also gave us "verify," "aver," and "verdict." "Veritable" is often used as a synonym of "genuine" or "authentic" ("a veritable masterpiece"), but it is also frequently used to stress the aptness of a metaphor, often in a humorous tone ("a veritable swarm of lawyers"). In the past, usage commentators have objected to the latter use, but today it doesn't draw much criticism.
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