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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

  1. noun A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
  2. noun Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
  3. noun A buttress root.
  4. noun A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.

Related Dutch words