Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To confirm or support something with additional evidence; to attest or vouch for.

    bestätigen, untermauern, stützen

    подкреплятьpodkrepljatʹ, подтвержда́тьpodtverždátʹ, подтверди́тьpodtverdítʹ

    підтве́рджуватиpidtvérdžuvaty, підтве́рдитиpidtvérdyty, підкрі́плюватиpidkrípljuvaty

    support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm

  2. (transitive)To make strong; to strengthen.

Examples

17 sentences

  1. Tom and Mary corroborate each other.

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  2. Tom's alibi has been corroborated.

    deToms Alibi ist bekräftigt worden. — pullnosemans

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  3. No one could corroborate Tom's alibi.

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  4. Tom corroborated Mary's story.

    deTom bestätigte Marias Geschichte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. Sami's story wasn't corroborated by the witnesses.

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Translations

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Origin

First attested in the 1530s; borrowed from Latin corrōborātus (“strengthened”), perfect pa

First attested in the 1530s; borrowed from Latin corrōborātus (“strengthened”), perfect passive participle of corrōborō (“to support, corroborate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from con- (“together”) + rōborō (“to strengthen”), from rōbur, rōboris (“strength”). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English, otherwise archaic.

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Forms

corroborates, corroborating, corroborated, corroborated
Base formcorroborate · to corroborate
3rd person singularcorroborates
Present participlecorroborating
Past simplecorroborated
Past participlecorroborated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycorroborate
he, she, itcorroborates

Past simpleLesson

all personscorroborated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave corroborated
he, she, ithas corroborated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill corroborate

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words
Relatedcorroborativecorroboratorycorroboration
Derivedcorroborablecorroborator

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
correspondenceB2correspondentB2corridorB2corrodecorrosioncorrosive

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