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corroborate
[ verb kuh-rob-uh-reyt; adjective kuh-rob-er-it ]
verb (used with object)
- to make more certain; confirm:
He corroborated my account of the accident.
Synonyms: validate, support, authenticate, verify
adjective
- Archaic. confirmed.
corroborate
/ kəˈrɒbərətɪv /
verb
- tr to confirm or support (facts, opinions, etc), esp by providing fresh evidence
the witness corroborated the accused's statement
adjective
- serving to corroborate a fact, an opinion, etc
- (of a fact) corroborated
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Derived Forms
- corˈroboratively, adverb
- corroborative, adjective
- corˌroboˈration, noun
- corˈroboˌrator, noun
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Other Words From
- cor·rob·o·ra·tive [k, uh, -, rob, -, uh, -rey-tiv, -er-, uh, -tiv], cor·robo·ra·tory adjective
- cor·robo·rative·ly cor·robo·ra·tori·ly adverb
- cor·robo·rator noun
- noncor·robo·rating adjective
- noncor·robo·rative adjective
- noncor·robo·rative·ly adverb
- noncor·robo·ra·tory adjective
- uncor·robo·rated adjective
- uncor·robo·rative adjective
- uncor·robo·rative·ly adverb
- uncor·robo·ra·tory adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of corroborate1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of corroborate1
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Example Sentences
But, Digital Globe satellite images dated March 17, 2014, corroborate their stories.
(Read More on the Crisis in Ukraine) Old, numerous and bipartisan are the tales that corroborate this dreary hypothesis.
Several interns corroborate the claim that banking interns are expected to work these types of never-ending shifts.
Of course, the only reason we retell the story is precisely the data did corroborate Einstein's theory.
Other witnesses came forward to corroborate her testimony, although they refused to appear on camera.
I have already produced an instance to point out this, and shall now corroborate it with another.
But things seemed to corroborate it so: I've heard people say the new lord was as a man who had some great care upon him.
She looked around for Melvin to corroborate her statement but he had vanished.
A heavy fit of coughing from the inner room now seemed to corroborate the suspicion.
My findings corroborate Davis' conclusion that D. oklahomae should stand as Dipodomys ordii oklahomae.
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