Prosecutors in court have to substantiate their claims in order to prove a suspect is guilty.
Source: tatoeba (1956)
Substantiate
//səbˈstænʃieɪt//
Synonyms for "substantiate" (101 found)
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Related words (50)
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7 entriesdistinct from
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriesTranslations
38 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- потвърждавам verb (to authenticate or corroborate)
Danish
1 entries- belægge verb (to authenticate or corroborate)
Dutch
1 entries- onderbouwen verb (to authenticate or corroborate)
Estonian
1 entries- tõendama verb (to authenticate or corroborate)
Finnish
4 entries- osoittaa verb (to authenticate or corroborate)
- todentaa verb (to authenticate or corroborate)
- todistaa verb (to authenticate or corroborate)
- tukea verb (to authenticate or corroborate)
German
4 entries- beglaubigen verb (to authenticate or corroborate)
- bekräftigen verb (to record in documents)
- bestätigen verb (to authenticate or corroborate)
- substantiieren verb (to authenticate or corroborate)
Greek
1 entries- τεκμηριώνω verb (to record in documents)
Hungarian
2 entries- bizonyít verb (to authenticate or corroborate)
- igazol verb (to authenticate or corroborate)
Italian
2 entries- dimostrare verb (to authenticate or corroborate)
- documentare verb (to record in documents)
Lithuanian
2 entries- grįsti verb (to authenticate or corroborate)
- pagrįsti verb (to authenticate or corroborate)
Māori
1 entries- whakatūturu verb (to authenticate or corroborate)
Russian
1 entries- засвидетельствовать verb (to record in documents)
Spanish
4 entries- autenticar verb (to authenticate or corroborate)
- autentificar verb (to authenticate or corroborate)
- confirmar verb (to authenticate or corroborate)
- corroborar verb (to authenticate or corroborate)
Turkish
4 entries- doğrulamak verb (to authenticate or corroborate)
- gerçekleşmek verb (to record in documents)
- gerçekleştirmek verb (to record in documents)
- tahakkuk etmek verb (to authenticate or corroborate)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
I am going to substantiate this theory.
Source: tatoeba (56524)
Can you substantiate that claim?
Source: tatoeba (4496558)
Sami won't be able to substantiate that alibi.
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