to buttress
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7.1
- verb
- /ˈbʌtrəs/
- Formal
:
sustentar
- What was once an inclination has hardened into a philosophy, buttressed by a slogan.
- buttress arguments
- efforts to buttress
- buttress the claim
So I'm very well buttressed against that.
- So I'm very well buttressed against that.
- And part of buttressing our immune system is being in contact with a diversity of environments and other people.
- It's like this microcosm, macrocosm thing with in the way that, you know, we try to buttress our own, you know.
- So you've got a method buttress by all of these applications in trade and commerce which are changing the world.
- It allows them to preserve themselves, buttress their shame, appear strong and powerful, almost like a bird puffing out its feathers so it can look bigger.
Examples
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Expectations are further buttressed normatively by the legal and moral obligation entailed in the alliance contract.
Academic text (1990) -
Finally, Israel also has a well-developed nuclear option, buttressing its image as a powerful state.
Academic text (2013) -
We always need some great power to buttress our claim to the land.
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But good principles can also be used to buttress bad arguments.
Academic text (1991) -
The Chinese government is desperately in need of foreign capital to buttress its ailing economy.
Academic text (1990) -
The network that these developing entities formed became a source of leaders and contacts that buttressed political action.
Academic text (1997) -
In the text that follows, we present a minimal number of translated quotations in order to buttress our argument.
Academic text (2008) -
The statists mobilize the UN Charter to buttress their argument.
Academic text (1995) -
Instead, the editors have encouraged strong descriptive statistics, generally buttressed by large sample sizes.
Academic text (2015) -
You should buttress your argument with credible evidence to make it more convincing.
Synonyms
572
2.1
Give facts or evidence that show a claim is true
84
4.3
To give extra support to a person, plan, or idea
44
7.2
To show that something is true by giving proof or facts
14
4.7
To support an idea or claim with evidence
14
6.3
Support an idea or argument with facts and reasons
To give more evidence or reasons to make a claim stronger
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
1
8.6
An outer support that stands away from a wall and connects to it by an arch on churches
How Supported
- Formal
44
7.2
99
3.9
- Formal
9
7.1
84
4.3
354
3.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Buttress as a verb for ideas comes from an old word meaning 'to push', like the English butt 'to push with the head'. So to buttress an argument is to give it strong support that holds the idea up.