veritable
/ˈver·ɪ·t̬ə·bəl/ adj [not gradable]Definition
› (used to emphasize how great or unusual something is by comparing it to something else): If current projections hold, Montgomery County will experience a veritable explosion in its school-age population (= it will have many more students).
(Definition of veritable adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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