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Synonyms for corroborate
kəˈrɒb əˌreɪt; -ər ɪtcor·rob·o·rate
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
corroborate
Confirm (Latin con, together, and firmus, firm) is to add firmness or give stability to. Both confirm and corroborate presuppose something already existing to which the confirmation or corroboration is added. Testimony is corroborated by concurrent testimony or by circumstances; confirmed by established facts. That which is thoroughly proved is said to be established; so is that which is official and has adequate power behind it; as, the established government; the established church. The continents are fixed. A treaty is ratified; an appointment confirmed. An act is sanctioned by any person or authority that passes upon it approvingly. A statement is substantiated; a report confirmed; a controversy settled; the decision of a lower court sustained by a higher. Just government should be upheld. The beneficent results of Christianity confirm our faith in it as a divine revelation.
Synonyms:
assure, confirm, establish, fix, prove, ratify, sanction, settle, strengthen, substantiate, sustain, upholdAntonyms:
abrogate, annul, cancel, destroy, overthrow, shake, shatter, unsettle, upset, weakenPreposition:
Confirm a statement by testimony; confirm a person in a belief.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
corroborate
Synonyms:
strengthen, confirm, fortify, supportAntonyms:
weaken, invalidate, shake, confute, rebut, enfeeble
Princeton's WordNet
confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirmverb
establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
"his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"
Synonyms:
actualise, realise, abide, embody, verify, get, support, stomach, defend, plunk for, hold up, substantiate, keep going, actualize, back, have, avow, fend for, patronise, stick out, assert, back up, keep, digest, nurture, keep up, endorse, validate, reassert, hold, confirm, bear out, incarnate, affirm, swan, subscribe, brook, indorse, body forth, tolerate, suffer, endure, stand, aver, maintain, prolong, nourish, sustain, realize, patronize, underpin, plump for, patronage, put up, swear, bearvalidate, corroborateverb
give evidence for
Synonyms:
formalize, substantiate, sustain, bear out, affirm, underpin, support, confirm, validate, formalisecorroborate, underpin, bear out, supportverb
support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
"The stories and claims were born out by the evidence"
Synonyms:
digest, abide, tolerate, support, plunk for, hold up, endure, back, stick out, fend for, patronise, back up, keep going, put up, endorse, validate, stomach, defend, confirm, bear out, affirm, subscribe, brook, indorse, suffer, stand, sustain, patronize, underpin, substantiate, hold, plump for, patronage, bear
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
corroborateverb
Synonyms:
strengthen, confirm, establish, sustain, support
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#38704 | nourish | |
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#39584 | substantiate | |
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#40276 | incarnate | |
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#118551 | actualize | |
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#321924 | indorse |
How to use corroborate in a sentence?
In some sense, Paul Manafort has already testified through the admission of Paul Manafort emails, as a prosecutor, you can say Gates was credible. He's not a saint, he's an admitted sinner, he's going to go to jail for his sins, but what he told you today is true. We know it's true because of all the other witnesses who we'll go through the testimony of, and all the documentary evidence which we'll go through, including emails from Mr. Paul Manafort, that corroborate Paul Manafort testimony.
While further work is needed to corroborate these findings, overall, it suggests that omicron’s mutations present the virus with a double-edged sword: it’s got better at evading the immune system, but it might have lost some of its ability to cause severe disease.
We haven't received anything officially nor have we received any intelligence reports that corroborate what has been said in Sri Lanka, sri Lanka will be in the very early stages of its investigations. So we are simply stepping back and allowing them to undertake those, but we have nothing at this stage to corroborate what is being said.
The four witnesses she named could not corroborate any of the events of that evening gathering where she says the assault occurred.
As part of this investigation, The FBI has interviewed at least eight witnesses, and received documents from Iraq, which corroborate Ameen's involvement with AQI and ISIS, including the murder that is alleged in the extradition request.
Translations for corroborate
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- يثبتArabic
- подкрепям, потвърждавамBulgarian
- bestätigen, untermauern, bekräftigen, stützenGerman
- konfirmiEsperanto
- corroborarSpanish
- تأییدPersian
- vahvistaaFinnish
- co-niartey, co-niartagheyManx
- megerősítHungarian
- styrkjaIcelandic
- 裏付けるJapanese
- corrōborōLatin
- onderbouwenDutch
- potwierdzaćPolish
- corroborarPortuguese
- подтверждать, подкреплятьRussian
- podpretiSlovene
- bestyrka, styrka, bekräftaSwedish
- delille desteklemekTurkish
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