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veracious

US

/vəˈreɪʃəs/

UK

/vəˈreɪʃəs/

Meaning

Truthful and accurate, especially when describing events, facts, or what someone has witnessed.

सच्चा और तथ्यपरक; किसी व्यक्ति, बयान या विवरण के बारे में जो सच और सही जानकारी दे।

Examples

“The reporter gave a veracious account of what happened at the meeting.”

veracious account ofreporting

“Although the testimony was detailed, the judge questioned whether it was veracious.”

veracious testimonyformal

“The historian carefully checked the sources to protect the veracity of her account.”

veracity ofword-family form

Useful patterns

a veracious account, report, or statementa veracious witness or sourcebe veracious about somethingthe veracity of a claim or account

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Word family

veracity(noun)
veraciously(adverb)

Common collocations

veracious accountveracious reportveracious statementveracious witnessveracious sourcequestion someone's veracity

Common mistakes

Not natural: She is a veracity person.

Better: She is a veracious person.

Veracious is the adjective describing a person; veracity is the noun for the quality of being truthful.

व्यक्ति का वर्णन करने के लिए adjective veracious आता है; veracity वह गुण है, यानी सच्चाई।

Not natural: The witness spoke veracious.

Better: The witness spoke truthfully.

Veracious is an adjective, so it cannot directly describe the verb spoke; use the adverb truthfully.

Veracious adjective है, इसलिए spoke की जगह सीधे नहीं आ सकता। यहाँ adverb truthfully इस्तेमाल करें।

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Veracious is a formal, uncommon word for truthful; use truthful in everyday conversation and veracious in formal writing.

Veracious का अर्थ truthful है, लेकिन यह औपचारिक और कम प्रचलित शब्द है; रोज़मर्रा की बातचीत में truthful ज़्यादा स्वाभाविक है।

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A veracious witness is most likely to do what?

एक veracious गवाह से सबसे ज़्यादा क्या उम्मीद होगी?