to underpin
14
6.3
- verb
- /ˌʌndərˈpɪn/
- Formal
:
sustentar
- Then we examine the World Health Organization's four underpinning values of a good health care system.
- principle that underpins
- assumption underpins
- consensus that underpins
And so that underpins a shift in buying behaviour.
- And so that underpins a shift in buying behaviour.
- So this is the classical physics that's there that underpins climate science.
- And you start to realize like, yes, but that is underpinned with just hard work.
- That is a simple set of maths that underpins all these measures that have been put in.
- In the case of Chinese lending markets, moral hazard underpins everything.
- Just just that puzzle solving creative force that underpins all of it, It seems like.
- As mind blowing as all of Einstein's ideas are, this simple fact underpins it all.
- That's that there's something real underpinning that.
- Because if they haven't, I have to ask, where is the logic here underpinning your argument that they're one day going to change?
- One of the themes that underpins every chapter in this book is that emotional stress is not neutral.
Examples
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A common sense of nationality is needed to underpin the claim for equal respect.
Academic text (1999) -
Mansfield finds academic research to be of great importance in underpinning industrial innovation.
Academic text (1995) -
Many of these principles already underpin social work and social care practice.
Academic text (2011) -
Clearly, the role of law helps underpin the notion of spontaneous order.
Academic text (1999) -
And so that underpins a shift in buying behaviour.
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Governments create the rule of law necessary to underpin accountability, participation, transparency, and predictability in interactions.
Academic text (1992) -
As emphasized earlier, sound water resources development and management underpins the attainment of virtually all the Millennium Development Goals.
Academic text (2008) -
When all is said and done, it's the Egyptian chronology that underpins everything else that's being done throughout the rest of the known world.
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Rich import-export merchants and the wealthy ulama constituted the social alliance underpinning Muhammad Ali's regime.
Academic text (1993) -
The scientist presented data to underpin her argument about climate change.
Synonyms
572
2.1
Give facts or evidence that show a claim is true
111
9.0
Use evidence to show that a statement or idea is true
34
6.5
To be the base or main cause of something
14
8.6
Be the main cause of a change or situation
9
7.1
To make an argument or idea stronger by adding facts
7
4.7
Show by facts that something is true
4
8.2
Support something from below, like beams or trust
2
7.4
To make an idea seem real or clear to others
To give more evidence or reasons to make a claim stronger
How Strong
- Formal
9
7.1
99
3.9
- Formal
14
6.3
84
4.3
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Underpin comes from two simple words: under meaning 'below' and pin meaning 'to fasten'. Imagining a pin placed under a shelf makes it easy to remember that to underpin an idea is to give it strong support.