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Well-attested

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Well-attested is an adjective meaning Supported by a great deal of evidence.

Meaning

Supported by a great deal of evidence.

More Meanings

  1. (linguistics) Of words or languages, proven to exist through a large number of examples or copious records.

Example Sentences

Cummings and Wolf (2011) covers Chinglish, but not the well-attested terms Honglish and Hongkonglish[.]

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include supported, attested, well-founded, satisfied, cogent, documentable.

supportedattestedwell-foundedsatisfiedcogentdocumentablearguableconvincingapprovedcorroborablewell-triedprovenevidenceablesupportablesubstantiablegoodconvincedevidencablewellfounded

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