Underpin Definition

ŭndər-pĭn
underpinned, underpinning, underpins
verb
underpinned, underpinning, underpins
To support or strengthen from beneath, as with props.
Webster's New World
To give support or substance to.
Assumptions that underpinned their claims.
American Heritage
To support or strengthen in any way; corroborate, substantiate, etc.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Underpin

  • under- +"Ž pin.

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Underpin Sentence Examples

  • By helping key workers, we will underpin the pursuit of excellence in our public services.

  • In this spirit, we outline here several principles that we believe should underpin the discussion.

  • The research content is evidenced through the practitioner's own explicit articulation of these issues and the way in which they underpin their practice.

  • An essential theme which will underpin the module is the concept of ' partnership ' and inter-agency cooperation.

  • We have characterized a number of cDNAs which encode proteinases to underpin optimization of proteinase inhibitors either alone or in combination.

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Words Starting With

UUNUND

Words Ending With

NINPIN

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