onderbouwen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- buttress noun A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
- corroborate verb To support or confirm a claim with additional evidence.
- substantiate verb To back up a claim with evidence or proof.
Senses
onderbouwen is used for these senses in English:
- buttress (figurative, by extension) To support something or someone by supplying evidence.
- corroborate (transitive) To confirm or support something with additional evidence; to attest or vouch for.
buttress — full definition
- noun A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
- noun Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
- noun A buttress root.
- noun A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.