corroborate
to support something
TRANSLATION
corroborate = bekräftigen, erhärten, bestätigen, untermauern to corroborate a theory – eine Theorie stützen to corroborate an indictment – eine Anklage bekräftigen to corroborate a statement – eine Erklärung bestätigen (woerterbuch.info, DH) --- GOOGLE INDEX corroborate: approximately 3,600,000 hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Police say that they have interviewed up to ten people who CORROBORATE the reported sequence of events.
(The London Times)
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No one wants advice – only corroboration.
- The Winter Of Our Discontent, John Steinbeck
(The London Times)
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No one wants advice – only corroboration.
- The Winter Of Our Discontent, John Steinbeck
Did you
know?
corroborate
verb
- to add proof or certainty to an account, statement, idea, etc. with new information
(The Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Etymology (Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology): Corroborate is from the Latin corroboratus, past participle of the verb corroborare, "to strengthen," from com-, "with" + roborare, "to strengthen," and is related to robust.
Corroborate, and the noun form corroboration, are frequently used in the fields of science and law, two disciplines that rely heavily on the use of facts and evidence. At the crossroads of these two disciplines is something called forensics, which the American Heritage Dictionary defines as "the use of science and technology to investigate and establish facts in criminal or civil courts of law."
Fascination with this field has spawned scores of television series such as CSI New York and CSI Miami (CSI = crime scene investigation), which revolve around teams of forensic experts as they investigate mysterious and unusual deaths in an effort to track down the culprits. You might call it Sherlock Holmes goes to Silicon Valley.
Speaking of which, the following passage from The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes shows that it’s possible to corroborate without using much technology:
"My dear fellow," said he, "it was one of the first solutions which occurred to me, but I was soon able to corroborate the doctor's tale. This young man has left prints upon the stair carpet which made it quite superfluous for me to ask to see those which he had made in the room. When I tell you that his shoes were square-toed instead of being pointed like Blessington's, and were quite an inch and a third longer than the doctor's, you will acknowledge that there can be no doubt as to his individuality."
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SYNONYMS
approve, authenticate, bear out, certify, confirm, declare true, document, double check, endorse, establish, justify, okay, prove, ratify, strengthen, substantiate, support, sustain, validate, verify
(Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition)
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ANTONYMS
contradict, deny, disclaim, refute, reject
(Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition)
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
"If you like, I can attend the meeting in order to corroborate your version of what happened."
verb
- to add proof or certainty to an account, statement, idea, etc. with new information
(The Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Etymology (Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology): Corroborate is from the Latin corroboratus, past participle of the verb corroborare, "to strengthen," from com-, "with" + roborare, "to strengthen," and is related to robust.
Corroborate, and the noun form corroboration, are frequently used in the fields of science and law, two disciplines that rely heavily on the use of facts and evidence. At the crossroads of these two disciplines is something called forensics, which the American Heritage Dictionary defines as "the use of science and technology to investigate and establish facts in criminal or civil courts of law."
Fascination with this field has spawned scores of television series such as CSI New York and CSI Miami (CSI = crime scene investigation), which revolve around teams of forensic experts as they investigate mysterious and unusual deaths in an effort to track down the culprits. You might call it Sherlock Holmes goes to Silicon Valley.
Speaking of which, the following passage from The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes shows that it’s possible to corroborate without using much technology:
"My dear fellow," said he, "it was one of the first solutions which occurred to me, but I was soon able to corroborate the doctor's tale. This young man has left prints upon the stair carpet which made it quite superfluous for me to ask to see those which he had made in the room. When I tell you that his shoes were square-toed instead of being pointed like Blessington's, and were quite an inch and a third longer than the doctor's, you will acknowledge that there can be no doubt as to his individuality."
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SYNONYMS
approve, authenticate, bear out, certify, confirm, declare true, document, double check, endorse, establish, justify, okay, prove, ratify, strengthen, substantiate, support, sustain, validate, verify
(Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition)
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ANTONYMS
contradict, deny, disclaim, refute, reject
(Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition)
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
"If you like, I can attend the meeting in order to corroborate your version of what happened."
