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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: , , ,
adjective
- Archaic. confirmed.
corroborate
/ əˈɒəəɪ /
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
Derived Forms
- ǰˈDzǰپ, adverb
- corroborative, adjective
- ǰˌDzˈپDz, noun
- ǰˈDzˌٴǰ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ǰ·Dz···پ [k, uh, -, rob, -, uh, -rey-tiv, -er-, uh, -tiv], ǰ·Dzo··ٴr adjective
- ǰ·Dzo·t· ǰ·Dzo··ٴr· adverb
- ǰ·Dzo·tǰ noun
- ԴDzcǰ·Dzo·iԲ adjective
- ԴDzcǰ·Dzo·t adjective
- nonǰ·Dzo·t· adverb
- nonǰ·Dzo··ٴr adjective
- ܲcǰ·Dzo·e adjective
- ܲcǰ·Dzo·t adjective
- unǰ·Dzo·t· adverb
- unǰ·Dzo··ٴr adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of corroborate1
yvlog History and Origins
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Example Sentences
"The methodology fails to use other corroborating information from the sites which would prove that spills did not occur. As a result, the numbers quoted are inaccurate."
Data from investment advisory firm Value Research shows Indian non-financial businesses were sitting on cash worth 11% of their total assets, corroborating the view that companies are not spending money in making fresh investments.
That would appear to go some way towards corroborating evidence given at the Lockerbie trial by a CIA informant.
Ali, another resident of Banias who asked us not to use his full name, corroborated Mr Fares' account.
Mr Ephron, who said he returned with his girlfriend hours later, said he knew exactly where to look, but no surveillance footage corroborates his account.
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