Verity — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

conformity to reality or actuality

an enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic truth

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/vˈɛɹᵻɾi/

🇬🇧British English

/vˈɛɹɪti/

🇮🇳Indian English

/vˈɛɹɪti/

3 syllables Say it as /vˈɛɹᵻɾi/.

Examples

they debated the truth of the proposition
the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat
he was famous for the truth of his portraits

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

truth trueness the true

Antonyms

falsity

Parts of Speech

noun	conformity to reality or actuality “they debated the truth of the proposition”
noun	an enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic truth

Word Forms

true

adjective

consistent with fact or reality; not false; ; - B. Russell

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Wahrheit

Übereinstimmung mit der Realität oder Aktualität

🇫🇷French

vérité

conformité à la réalité ou à l'actualité

🇪🇸Spanish

verdad

conformidad con la realidad o actualidad

🇮🇹Italian

verità

conformità alla realtà o all'attualità

🇳🇱Dutch

waarheid

overeenstemming met de werkelijkheid of actualiteit

🇵🇹Portuguese

verdade

conformidade com a realidade ou atualidade

🇷🇺Russian

истина

соответствие действительности или действительности

India

🇮🇳Hindi

सचाई

वास्तविकता या वास्तविकता के अनुरूप होना

🇧🇩Bengali

সত্যতা

বাস্তবতা বা বাস্তবতার সাথে সামঞ্জস্যপূর্ণ

🇮🇳Tamil

உண்மை

உண்மை அல்லது உண்மைக்கு இணங்குதல்

🇮🇳Telugu

వాస్తవికత

వాస్తవికత లేదా వాస్తవికతకు అనుగుణంగా

🇮🇳Marathi

सत्यता

वास्तविकता किंवा वास्तविकतेशी सुसंगतता

🇮🇳Gujarati

સત્યતા

વાસ્તવિકતા અથવા વાસ્તવિકતા સાથે સુસંગતતા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸತ್ಯ

ವಾಸ್ತವ ಅಥವಾ ವಾಸ್ತವತೆಗೆ ಅನುಗುಣವಾಗಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സത്യം

യാഥാർത്ഥ്യത്തിനോ യാഥാർത്ഥ്യത്തിനോ ഉള്ള അനുരൂപത

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸੱਚਾਈ

ਅਸਲੀਅਤ ਜਾਂ ਹਕੀਕਤ ਦੇ ਅਨੁਕੂਲ

🇵🇰Urdu

حقیقت

حقیقت یا حقیقت کے مطابق

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

真实性

符合现实或现状

🇯🇵Japanese

真実性

現実または現実への適合

🇰🇷Korean

진실성

현실이나 현실에 대한 적합성

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự thật

sự phù hợp với thực tế hoặc thực tế

🇹🇭Thai

ความแท้จริง

ความสอดคล้องกับความเป็นจริงหรือความเป็นจริง

🇮🇩Indonesian

kejujuran

kesesuaian dengan kenyataan atau aktualitas

🇵🇭Filipino

katotohanan

pagsang-ayon sa realidad o aktuwalidad

🇲🇾Malay

kebenaran

kesesuaian dengan realiti atau aktualiti

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

حقيقة

مطابقتها للواقع أو الواقع

🇮🇷Persian

حقیقت

مطابقت با واقعیت یا واقعیت

🇹🇷Turkish

doğruluk

gerçeğe veya gerçekliğe uygunluk

🇮🇱Hebrew

אֲמִתָה

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