corroborate
gb/kɚˈɑbɚˌeɪt/ us/kɚˈɑbɚˌeɪt/
C1
Anglais
alátámaszt, megerősít
VERBE
C1
FORMAL
1
alátámaszt
B2
megerősít
B2
Schéma d’usage :
[evidence/information] corroborates [a claim/story/account/theory]; [someone] corroborates [someone's story/testimony]
Security camera footage corroborated the witness's account of the accident.
A biztonsági kamera felvételei alátámasztották a tanú beszámolóját a balesetről.
The new data corroborates earlier findings about the effects of the drug.
Az új adatok megerősítik a gyógyszer hatásairól szóló korábbi megállapításokat.
Investigators found messages that appeared to corroborate her story.
Exemples pédagogiques
The video corroborates what he said.
A videó alátámasztja azt, amit mondott.
Two witnesses corroborated her story.
Két tanú megerősítette a történetét.
Erreur fréquente :
Do not confuse corroborate with collaborate or cooperate. Corroborate is usually transitive: corroborate a claim, not corroborate with a claim.
Sens
support with confirming evidence
Collocations
corroborate a claim
|corroborate someone's story
|corroborate an account
|corroborate testimony
|corroborate a theory
|corroborate the findings
|corroborate the evidence
|corroborate the report
|evidence corroborates something
|data corroborates something
Synonymes
confirm (more general and common; may not imply additional independent evidence)
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support (broader; can mean give help, approval, or evidence)
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verify (suggests checking and proving that something is true or accurate)
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substantiate (formal; emphasizes proving a claim with facts or evidence)
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back up (informal; means support with facts, evidence, or authority)
Antonymes
contradict (to show or say the opposite of a claim or account)
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refute (to prove or argue that something is false)
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disprove (to show that something is not true)
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undermine (to weaken support for a claim or explanation)
Thèmes
law
|research
|news
|communication
Définition
to show that something is probably true by giving more evidence or information
To support or confirm a statement, claim, story, theory, or piece of evidence by providing additional evidence or information.
Grammaire
Forme canonique
corroborate
API
GB/kɚˈɑbɚˌeɪt/
US/kɚˈɑbɚˌeɪt/
Syllabes et accentuation
cor - rob - or - ate (4 syllabes)
Stress on 1st syllable (cor)
Formes du mot
Verb
- Base: corroborate
- 3rd Person Singular: corroborates
- Present Participle: corroborating
- Past: corroborated
Expressions
corroborating evidence
1/kɚˈɑbɚˌeɪtɪŋ ˈɛvədəns/
fixed phrase
legal
evidence that supports a claim
extra evidence that helps show that something is true
Exemples
- The case was dismissed because prosecutors had no corroborating evidence.
- Police are looking for corroborating evidence before making an arrest.
- Her diary provided corroborating evidence for the timeline she described.
Exemples pédagogiques
- They needed corroborating evidence to support the claim.
- The photo was corroborating evidence.