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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Veracidade

Pronunciation / Transliteration: veɾasiˈdadʒi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Veracity/vəˈræs.ə.ti/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #9400 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A veracidade da declaração era importante."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Conformity to facts; accuracy or truthfulness.

    "The veracity of the witness's testimony was crucial to the case."
  2. 2

    The quality of being honest and straightforward in speech or behavior.

    "Her veracity in reporting the events was widely respected."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin word 'veracitat-', meaning truthfulness, stemming from 'verax' (true), which originates from 'verus' (true). It entered the English language in the late 16th century, shifting from a general description of character truthfulness to also encompass the objective truth or accuracy of facts, data, and statements.

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