English > corroborate: 3 senses > verb 1, cognition| Meaning | Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
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| Synonyms | confirm, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm |
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| Narrower | back, back up | Establish as valid or genuine |
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| 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 |
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| Spanish | comprobar, confirmar, constatar, corroborar, ratificar, reafirmar, revalidar, sustanciar |
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| Catalan | confirmar, constatar, corroborar, reafirmar |
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| Adjectives | corroborative, corroboratory | serving to support or corroborate / corroborate / corroborate |
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| Nouns | corroboration | confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence |
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English > corroborate: 3 senses > verb 3, stative| Meaning | support / support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Synonyms | underpin, bear out, support |
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| Broader | match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree | satisfy a condition or restriction |
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| Spanish | confirmar, corroborar, secundar, sostener, sustentar |
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| Catalan | aguantar, aprovar, recolzar, secundar, sostenir, sustentar |
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| Adjectives | corroborative, corroboratory | serving to support or corroborate / corroborate / corroborate |
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| Nouns | corroboration | confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence |
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