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# veritable

adjective (no comparative)

«veritable» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Veritable means real, true, and worthy of the name, often used to praise or to show surprise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veritable/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories, to say that something is a true example of a thing, often with surprise or delight

### Examples

- The Irishman had never seen any of this fruit before, and he at once concluded that he had discovered a veritable mare's nest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veritable/#x1)
- Thus Babrias is the earliest and most reliable collector of veritable Æsopian Fables. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veritable/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «veritable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veritable/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«veritable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/veritable.html) on Mova free.