Meaning & use
veritable
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Used to emphasize that something can be truly or appropriately described as a particular thing, often for dramatic effect.
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The buffet table was a veritable feast of desserts.
Her office is a veritable maze of stacked papers and files.
A note on using this word
Almost always placed directly before a noun for emphasis, as in 'a veritable army of volunteers.'
Words with a similar meaning
genuinetrue
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