CORROBORATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does corroborate mean?
• CORROBORATE (verb)
The verb CORROBORATE has 3 senses:
1. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
2. give evidence for
3. support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
Familiarity information: CORROBORATE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• CORROBORATE (verb)
Meaning:
Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
affirm; confirm; corroborate; substantiate; support; sustain
Context examples:
his story confirmed my doubts / The evidence supports the defendant
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "corroborate"):
back; back up (establish as valid or genuine)
vouch (give supporting evidence)
verify (confirm the truth of)
demonstrate; establish; prove; shew; show (establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment)
document (support or supply with references)
validate (prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something)
Sentence frames:
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Meaning:
Give evidence for
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
corroborate; validate
Hypernyms (to "corroborate" is one way to...):
confirm; reassert (strengthen or make more firm)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "corroborate"):
circumstantiate (give circumstantial evidence for)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
bear out; underpin; corroborate; support
Context example:
The stories and claims were born out by the evidence
Hypernyms (to "corroborate" is one way to...):
agree; check; correspond; fit; gibe; jibe; match; tally (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics)
Sentence frames:
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