| VERB | cognition | corroborate, confirm, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm | establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | corroborate, validate | give evidence for | |
| stative | corroborate, underpin, bear out, support | support / support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm |
| Sounds | keraa'berey.t | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Synonyms | confirm, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm | |
| Narrower | back, back up | Establish as valid or genuine |
| document | support or supply with references | |
| prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew | Establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment / experiment | |
| validate | prove valid | |
| verify | confirm the truth of | |
| vouch | Give supporting evidence | |
| Opposite | negate, contradict | prove negative |
| Spanish | comprobar, confirmar, constatar, corroborar, ratificar, reafirmar, revalidar, sustanciar | |
| Catalan | confirmar, constatar, corroborar, reafirmar | |
| Adjectives | corroborative, corroboratory | serving to support or corroborate / corroborate / corroborate |
| Nouns | corroboration | confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence |
| Meaning | Give evidence for. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | validate | |
| Narrower | circumstantiate | Give circumstantial evidence for |
| Broader | confirm, reassert | strengthen or make more firm |
| Spanish | constatar, corroborar, validar | |
| Catalan | constatar, corroborar, validar | |
| Adjectives | corroborative, corroboratory | serving to support or corroborate / corroborate / corroborate |
| Nouns | corroboration | confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence |
| Meaning | support / support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | underpin, bear out, support | |
| Broader | match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree | satisfy a condition or restriction |
| Spanish | confirmar, corroborar, secundar, sostener, sustentar | |
| Catalan | aguantar, aprovar, recolzar, secundar, sostenir, sustentar | |
| Adjectives | corroborative, corroboratory | serving to support or corroborate / corroborate / corroborate |
| Nouns | corroboration | confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence |
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