BEAR OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bear out mean? 

• BEAR OUT (verb)
  The verb BEAR OUT has 1 sense:

1. support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm

  Familiarity information: BEAR OUT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEAR OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

bear out; corroborate; support; underpin

Context example:

The stories and claims were born out by the evidence

Hypernyms (to "bear out" is one way to...):

agree; check; correspond; fit; gibe; jibe; match; tally (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

The facts, therefore, seem to bear out the theory of a poison which worked by combustion.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I was keenly on the alert, therefore, for whatever would bear out this supposition, and I examined the room narrowly for anything in the shape of a hiding-place.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The garment itself did not bear out the assertion, nor did the accumulations of grease on stove and pot and pan attest a general cleanliness.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)