Allege

//əˈlɛd͡ʒ//

Synonyms for "allege" (120 found)

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Closest matches (24)

Verb(1 words)
aver

Strong matches (36)

Related words (60)

Verb(2 words)
pleadsay

Related word relations

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Translations

47 translations across 20 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries
  • заявявам под клетва verb (to state under oath)
  • твърдя verb (to assert without proof)

Catalan

4 entries
  • adduir verb (to adduce as a reason, excuse, support etc.)
  • afirmar verb (to state under oath)
  • al·legar verb (to adduce as a reason, excuse, support etc.)
  • al·legar verb (to assert without proof)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 宣稱 /宣称 verb (to assert without proof)
  • 宣誓 verb (to state under oath)

Czech

3 entries
  • prohlašovat verb (to assert without proof)
  • prohlásit verb (to assert without proof)
  • tvrdit verb (to assert without proof)

Dutch

1 entries
  • beweren verb (to assert without proof)

Finnish

2 entries
  • epäillä verb (to assert without proof)
  • vannoa verb (to state under oath)

French

3 entries
  • alléguer verb (to assert without proof)
  • prétendre verb (to assert without proof)
  • prétexter verb (to assert without proof)

German

1 entries
  • behaupten verb (to assert without proof)

Greek

1 entries
  • ισχυρίζομαι verb (to assert without proof)

Italian

4 entries
  • addurre verb (to adduce as a reason, excuse, support etc.)
  • asserire verb (to assert without proof)
  • avvalorare verb (to adduce as a reason, excuse, support etc.)
  • dichiarare verb (to state under oath)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 主張する verb (to assert without proof)
  • 喧伝する verb (to assert without proof)
  • 確言する verb (to state under oath)
  • 言い切る verb (to state under oath)

Latin

1 entries
  • praetentō verb (to assert without proof)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • alegar verb (to assert without proof)

Russian

3 entries
  • безоснова́тельно утвержда́ть verb (to assert without proof)
  • голосло́вно утвержда́ть verb (to assert without proof)
  • заявля́ть под присягой verb (to state under oath)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • cuir às leth verb (to assert without proof)

Spanish

4 entries
  • afirmar verb (to state under oath)
  • afirmar verb (to assert without proof)
  • alegar verb (to adduce as a reason, excuse, support etc.)
  • alegar verb (to assert without proof)

Swedish

1 entries
  • påstå verb (to assert without proof)

Telugu

1 entries
  • ఆరోపించు verb (to assert without proof)

Thai

1 entries
  • กล่าวอ้าง verb (to assert without proof)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • cáo buộc verb (to assert without proof)

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

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As our vehicle leaves the ground and plunges over the edge of the cliff toward the valley floor, I ponder whether it is possible that one might allege I am guilty of an act of moral failure, having failed to maintain a proper course along the roadway.

Source: tatoeba (1481403)

To leave poor me you have the strength of laws, since why to love I can allege no cause.

Source: tatoeba (2354713)

I allege that you are wrong, so I don't want to say a word anymore.

Source: tatoeba (2760284)

And Juda said to him: What shall we answer my lord? or what shall we say, or be able justly to allege? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are all bondmen to my lord, both we, and he with whom the cup was found.

Source: tatoeba (7896846)

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