to corroborate
111
9.0
- verb
- /kəˈrɑːbəˌreɪt/
:
corroborar
- What I need are a few witnesses to corroborate my story.
- corroborate the findings
- corroborate previous research
- corroborate the results
Do they do they corroborate what each one says?
- Do they do they corroborate what each one says?
- But his word was corroborated and he is smart.
- This is a damning, corroborated scandal for Trump with only one possible result.
- Was there anyone, anyone at all backstage at this pageant who can corroborate her story?
- Scheffler's characterization that this was quote AB big misunderstanding” is corroborated by the evidence.
- You can go onto the Internet and find data or find corroborating stories to back up the point.
- So it took me a long time to unravel this, and I had to do it through multiple documents, corroborating witnesses, people on the inside who came forward.
- So out of all the people that were there with you that night, other than your son, has anyone else corroborated any of that?
- Now, that said, Diogenes also reports, and I think this is corroborated by what we see of Antisthenes, for example, in Xenophon.
- That's DNA here, you know, corroborating witnesses and all that stuff, pinpointing you at some place.
- Yet the testimony here we go with stood direct contradiction was corroborated by other evidence.
Examples
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She provided documents to corroborate her claims about the project.
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In the six months since then, news events had tended to corroborate his revelation.
Fiction book (2002) -
I may have someone to corroborate your story.
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We need to corroborate each one.
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No one can corroborate that.
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In general, the findings of these other studies corroborate those in Table 1.
Academic text (2013) -
I have a surveillance unit saying they can corroborate the victim's story.
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The analyses of the data from Study 2 corroborated the findings of the first study.
Academic text (1994) -
A review of the facility's files corroborated the information provided by the participants.
Academic text (2008) -
Recent decreases in self-reported drug use are corroborated by similar decreases found in urine tests.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
∞
1.8
To show that something is true by giving evidence
572
2.1
Give facts or evidence that show a claim is true
319
4.1
To show something is true using evidence
251
3.5
To make sure something is true or correct
142
4.9
To show that something is true with proof
87
3.9
To make something officially acceptable by showing proof
57
6.6
To officially confirm that something is true, often in court
46
6.5
To show that something is true
44
7.2
To show that something is true by giving proof or facts
29
4.6
Show that something is true, often by signs or by people saying they saw it
14
4.7
To support an idea or claim with evidence
14
6.3
Support an idea or argument with facts and reasons
7
4.7
Show by facts that something is true
3
3.8
To give formal proof that something is true
3
9.1
Give reasons or examples to support an idea
To give more evidence or reasons to make a claim stronger
To give evidence that supports an idea or conclusion
To give facts or details to show that something is true
Antonyms
How Supported
∞
3.1
∞
1.8
572
2.1
111
9.0
∞
2.1
834
2.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
corroborate = corrobor + ate
Although the suffix '-ate' is a recognizable Latinate verb-forming element, the stem 'corrobor-' is not a standalone English word and the verb was borrowed as a whole, so learners cannot reliably derive 'confirm' from its parts.
Etymology
Corroborate comes from Latin parts cor- (a form of 'com-', meaning 'together') and roborare (from 'robur', meaning 'strength' or 'oak'). Think of the common word robust, which comes from the same root and means 'strong'. So to corroborate something is to make it 'stronger' by giving evidence or support.