On this page you'll find 3 example sentences with Prevaricate. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as equivocate or misinform and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Prevaricate meaning
- To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).
- To speak or act in a manner that is intentionally ambiguous or evasive; equivocate.
- To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.
Synonyms of Prevaricate
Using Prevaricate
- The main meaning on this page is: To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from). | To speak or act in a manner that is intentionally ambiguous or evasive; equivocate. | To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.
- Useful related words include: equivocate, tergiversate, palter, misinform.
Context around Prevaricate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Prevaricate
- In this selection, "prevaricate" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include continue to prevaricate and instead they prevaricate or cite. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "prevaricate" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with prevaricate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Until the American public, whom doctors are well placed to inform, steps into this debate to demand action, Congress will continue to prevaricate. (23 words)
Instead they prevaricate or cite “free speech” as reasons that lies designed to broaden social division should be allowed to earn money for Facebook. (24 words)
And, even if they did, I don’t see Corbyn doing much more than prevaricate and warble as he has done ever since his elevation. (25 words)
And, even if they did, I don’t see Corbyn doing much more than prevaricate and warble as he has done ever since his elevation. (25 words)
Instead they prevaricate or cite “free speech” as reasons that lies designed to broaden social division should be allowed to earn money for Facebook. (24 words)
Until the American public, whom doctors are well placed to inform, steps into this debate to demand action, Congress will continue to prevaricate. (23 words)
Example sentences (3)
Instead they prevaricate or cite “free speech” as reasons that lies designed to broaden social division should be allowed to earn money for Facebook.
And, even if they did, I don’t see Corbyn doing much more than prevaricate and warble as he has done ever since his elevation.
Until the American public, whom doctors are well placed to inform, steps into this debate to demand action, Congress will continue to prevaricate.