to testify
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4.9
- verb
- /ˈtɛstəˌfaɪ/
- The statistics from the official Salon exhibitions testify to the growing visibility of portraiture.
- testify to the fact
- testify to success
- testify to the efforts
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Watch on YouTubeAnd sadly, most of our manufactured environment, I think testifies to a degree of carelessness.
- And sadly, most of our manufactured environment, I think testifies to a degree of carelessness.
- Was his witness backing up the books, or were the books testifying to his life?
- And, and they thought Christianity made sense and, and, you know, testified to its significance in their lives.
- It means that you're willing to take on suffering and perhaps even death because you want to testify to the truth of something.
- And the one thing I can testify with the cream is that it is the most plumping cream I've ever used.
- My tech, Chris Miller, will testify to some of that impatience to like, now I want the sound now, you know, I'm ready to play.
- I can testify that the less you push and control, the less you try to do do, do, the more you will receive.
Examples
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We were invited to testify before a bipartisan committee about opioid abuse.
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Well, I'm here to testify that I found a pair.
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Will you testify to that?
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I can testify to that if you want me to.
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A number of girls do escape, do testify, and do seek asylum.
Academic text (2015) -
I can testify that it was Bo's body found in the river.
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I now have a man who is prepared to testify that he was with me at the time of the girl's disappearances.
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I've been asked to testify about Lewis Strauss.
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An abundance of historical publications testifies to Panamanians' determination to explore their history.
Academic text (1999) -
The witness agreed to testify about what she saw on the night of the crime.
Synonyms
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1.0
To give proof that something is true
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3.1
To show that something is true by giving facts or reasons
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3.0
Show that something is true using evidence or examples
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9.0
Use evidence to show that a statement or idea is true
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6.6
To officially confirm that something is true, often in court
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7.2
To show that something is true by giving proof or facts
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6.5
To show that something is true
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4.6
Show that something is true, often by signs or by people saying they saw it
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4.7
Show by facts that something is true
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3.8
To give formal proof that something is true
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9.9
Shows something as true in a legal document
Antonyms
How Convincing
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3.1
570
3.0
18
4.9
∞
1.0
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2.7
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2.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Testify comes from the Latin word testis, which means 'witness', and it is the same root as testimony; imagine a monument or clear fact that 'stands as a witness'. So when something testifies to something, it acts like evidence that shows the truth.