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cor·rob·o·rate

(kə-rŏb′ə-rāt′)

tr.v. cor·rob·o·rat·ed, cor·rob·o·rat·ing, cor·rob·o·rates

To strengthen or support with other evidence; make more certain. See Synonyms at confirm.

[Latin corrōborāre, corrōborāt- : com-, com- + rōborāre, to strengthen (from rōbur, rōbor-, strength; see reudh- in Indo-European roots).]

cor·rob′o·ra′tion n.

cor·rob′o·ra′tive (-ə-rā′tĭv, -ər-ə-tĭv), cor·rob′o·ra·to′ry (-ər-ə-tôr′ē) adj.

cor·rob′o·ra′tor n.

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corroborate

(tr) to confirm or support (facts, opinions, etc), esp by providing fresh evidence: the witness corroborated the accused's statement.

adj

1. serving to corroborate a fact, an opinion, etc

2. (of a fact) corroborated

[C16: from Latin corrōborāre to invigorate, from rōborāre to make strong, from rōbur strength, literally: oak]

corˌroboˈration n

corroborative, corˈroboˌratory adj

corˈroboratively adv

corˈroboˌrator n

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cor•rob•o•rate

(v. kəˈrɒb əˌreɪt; adj. -ər ɪt)

v. -rat•ed, -rat•ing,
adj. v.t.

1. to make more certain; confirm: He corroborated my account of the accident.

adj.

2. Archaic. confirmed.

[1520–30; < Latin corrōborātus, past participle of corrōborāre to strengthen]

cor•rob`o•ra′tion, n.

cor•rob′o•ra`tive (-əˌreɪ tɪv, -ər ə tɪv) cor•rob′o•ra•to`ry, adj.

cor•rob′o•ra`tive•ly, adv.

cor•rob′o•ra`tor, n.

corroborate

Past participle: corroborated
Gerund: corroborating

Imperative
corroborate
corroborate

Present
I corroborate
you corroborate
he/she/it corroborates
we corroborate
you corroborate
they corroborate

Preterite
I corroborated
you corroborated
he/she/it corroborated
we corroborated
you corroborated
they corroborated

Present Continuous
I am corroborating
you are corroborating
he/she/it is corroborating
we are corroborating
you are corroborating
they are corroborating

Present Perfect
I have corroborated
you have corroborated
he/she/it has corroborated
we have corroborated
you have corroborated
they have corroborated

Past Continuous
I was corroborating
you were corroborating
he/she/it was corroborating
we were corroborating
you were corroborating
they were corroborating

Past Perfect
I had corroborated
you had corroborated
he/she/it had corroborated
we had corroborated
you had corroborated
they had corroborated

Future
I will corroborate
you will corroborate
he/she/it will corroborate
we will corroborate
you will corroborate
they will corroborate

Future Perfect
I will have corroborated
you will have corroborated
he/she/it will have corroborated
we will have corroborated
you will have corroborated
they will have corroborated

Future Continuous
I will be corroborating
you will be corroborating
he/she/it will be corroborating
we will be corroborating
you will be corroborating
they will be corroborating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been corroborating
you have been corroborating
he/she/it has been corroborating
we have been corroborating
you have been corroborating
they have been corroborating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been corroborating
you will have been corroborating
he/she/it will have been corroborating
we will have been corroborating
you will have been corroborating
they will have been corroborating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been corroborating
you had been corroborating
he/she/it had been corroborating
we had been corroborating
you had been corroborating
they had been corroborating

Conditional
I would corroborate
you would corroborate
he/she/it would corroborate
we would corroborate
you would corroborate
they would corroborate

Past Conditional
I would have corroborated
you would have corroborated
he/she/it would have corroborated
we would have corroborated
you would have corroborated
they would have corroborated

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Verb	1.	corroborate - establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant" affirm, confirm, substantiate, support, sustain back up, back - establish as valid or genuine; "Can you back up your claims?" vouch - give supporting evidence; "He vouched his words by his deeds" verify - confirm the truth of; "Please verify that the doors are closed"; "verify a claim" shew, show, demonstrate, prove, establish - establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture" document - support or supply with references; "Can you document your claims?" validate - prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something
	2.	corroborate - give evidence for validate reassert, confirm - strengthen or make more firm; "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account" circumstantiate - give circumstantial evidence for
	3.	corroborate - support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence" bear out, underpin, support correspond, gibe, jibe, match, tally, agree, fit, check - be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"

corroborate

verb support, establish, confirm, document, sustain, back up, endorse, ratify, validate, bear out, substantiate, authenticate I had access to a wide range of documents which corroborated the story.
contradict, refute, disprove, negate, invalidate, rebut

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corroborate

verb

1. To present evidence in support of:

back (up), buttress, substantiate.

2. To assure the certainty or validity of:

attest, authenticate, back (up), bear out, confirm, evidence, justify, substantiate, testify (to), validate, verify, warrant.

3. To establish as true or genuine:

authenticate, bear out, confirm, demonstrate, endorse, establish, evidence, prove, show, substantiate, validate, verify.

Translations

يُؤيِّد، يُثَبِّت،يُعَزِّز

dosvědčitpotvrdit

bekræftebestyrke

bestätigen

corroborar

confirmer corroborer

styrkja, staîfesta

conferma confermare corroborare

patvirtinantis

apstiprināt

desteklemek doğrulamak

确证

corroborate

[kəˈrɒbəreɪt] VT → corroborar, confirmar

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

corroborate

[kəˈrɒbəreɪt] vt [+ story, allegation] → corroborer; [+ statement] → confirmer

corroborate

vt → bestätigen; theory also → bekräftigen, erhärten, untermauern

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

corroborate

[kəˈrɒbəˌreɪt] vt → corroborare, confermare

corroborate

(kəˈrobəreit) verb

to support or confirm (evidence etc already given). She corroborated her sister's story.

corˌroboˈration noun

corˈroborative (-rətiv) adjective

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