well-founded en · ADJ
Meanings
- Based on reasoning, evidence and good judgement.
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Properly substantiated.
After the crisis had passed, certain well-founded proposals were revived, and resulted in important additions to the railway network of the country.
1946 September and October, “Speculation Run Riot”, in Railway Magazine, page 269:
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Of a binary relation: such that every non-empty subset of the relation's domain has a minimal element with respect to the relation.
well-founded relation
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most well-founded | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more well-founded | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
baseless · ill-grounded · unjustified · groundless · unjustified · ill-grounded · ill-founded · ill-founded · baseless · groundless · flimsy · flimsy
Deriveds
Hypernyms
Relateds
founding · foundation · grounding · ground
Synonyms
legitimate · on solid ground · well-grounded · well-grounded
Translations (7)
fi perusteltu (properly substantiated) · sv välgrundad (based on reasoning, evidence and good judgement) · fi aiheellinen (based on reasoning, evidence and good judgement) · fi perusteltu (based on reasoning, evidence and good judgement) · hy հիմնավոր (properly substantiated) · de fundiert (based on reasoning, evidence and good judgement) · hy հիմնավոր (based on reasoning, evidence and good judgement)