Substantiate

How it is used

Often used when a reviewer requests support for a claim.

Example sentences

1. Please substantiate your claim about rising costs with figures from the archive.

   The reviewer asks for evidence, not stronger wording.

2. The interviews alone cannot substantiate a claim about the entire country.

   The available evidence does not justify the claim's reach.

Common collocations

• substantiate a claim
• substantiate an argument

Related terms

• claimA statement that something is true, which may or may not yet be supported by enough evidence.
• evidenceFacts, data or findings that show whether a claim or idea is true or likely to be true.

More terms: Academic Vocabulary

• indicate
• e.g.
• i.e.
• concept
• approach
• implication
• demonstrate
• furthermore
• assumption
• phenomenon
• comprise
• respectively