"corroborate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /kəˈɹɒbəɹeɪ̯t/ [UK], /kəˈɹɑbəɹeɪ̯t/ [US] Audio: en-us-corroborate.ogg Forms: corroborates [present, singular, third-person], corroborating [participle, present], corroborated [participle, past], corroborated [past]
Etymology: From Latin corrōborātus (“strengthened”), perfect passive participle of corrōborō (“I support, corroborate”), from com- (“together”) + rōborō (“I strengthen”), from rōbur (“strength”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₁rewdʰ-}}, {{uder|en|la|corrōborātus||strengthened}} Latin corrōborātus (“strengthened”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} corroborate (third-person singular simple present corroborates, present participle corroborating, simple past and past participle corroborated)
  1. (transitive) To confirm or support something with additional evidence; to attest or vouch for. Tags: transitive Translations (To confirm or support with additional evidence): пацвярджа́ць (pacvjardžácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), пацве́рдзіць (pacvjérdzicʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), потвърждавам (potvǎrždavam) (Bulgarian), подкрепям (podkrepjam) (Bulgarian), corroborar (Catalan), 佐證 /佐证 (zuǒzhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), bekræfte (Danish), onderbouwen (Dutch), konfirmi (Esperanto), vahvistaa (Finnish), corroborer (French), bestätigen (German), untermauern (German), stützen (German), bekräftigen (German), megerősít (Hungarian), styrkja (Icelandic), neartaigh le (Irish), corroborare (Italian), corrōborō (Latin), patvirtinti (Lithuanian), co-niartaghey (Manx), co-niartey (Manx), पुष्टी देणे (puṣṭī deṇe) (Marathi), परिपोष करणे (paripoṣ karṇe) (Marathi), bekrefte (Norwegian Bokmål), styrke (Norwegian Bokmål), underbygge (Norwegian Bokmål), bekrefte (Norwegian Nynorsk), styrke (Norwegian Nynorsk), underbygge (Norwegian Nynorsk), potwierdzać [imperfective] (Polish), potwierdzić [perfective] (Polish), corroborar (Portuguese), susține (Romanian), corobora (Romanian), adeveri (Romanian), подкреплять (podkrepljatʹ) (Russian), подтвержда́ть (podtverždátʹ) (Russian), подтверди́ть (podtverdítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), podpreti (Slovene), corroborar (Spanish), bekräfta (Swedish), bestyrka (Swedish), styrka (Swedish), delille desteklemek (Turkish), підтве́рджувати (pidtvérdžuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), підтве́рдити (pidtvérdyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), підкрі́плювати (pidkrípljuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), підкріпи́ти (pidkripýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), ategu (Welsh)
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  2. (transitive) To make strong; to strengthen. Tags: transitive Translations (To make strong; to strengthen): укрепвам (ukrepvam) (Bulgarian), засилвам (zasilvam) (Bulgarian), corroborare (Italian), umacniać [imperfective] (Polish), umocnić [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-corroborate-en-verb-bInD1hGk Disambiguation of 'To make strong; to strengthen': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: corroborable, corroborative, corroborator Related terms: corroboration

Inflected forms

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          "word": "потвърждавам"
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          "roman": "podkrepjam",
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          "word": "corroborar"
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          "word": "bekræfte"
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          "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
          "word": "onderbouwen"
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
          "word": "konfirmi"
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          "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
          "word": "vahvistaa"
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          "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
          "word": "corroborer"
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          "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
          "word": "bestätigen"
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          "code": "de",
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          "word": "untermauern"
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          "word": "stützen"
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          "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
          "word": "megerősít"
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          "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
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          "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
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          "word": "corroborare"
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          "word": "corrōborō"
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          "word": "patvirtinti"
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          "lang": "Manx",
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          "roman": "puṣṭī deṇe",
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          "roman": "paripoṣ karṇe",
          "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
          "word": "परिपोष करणे"
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          "word": "bekrefte"
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          "word": "potwierdzać"
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          "word": "corroborar"
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          "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
          "word": "susține"
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
          "word": "corobora"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
          "word": "adeveri"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "podkrepljatʹ",
          "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
          "word": "подкреплять"
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          "roman": "podtverždátʹ",
          "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
          "word": "подтвержда́ть"
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          "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "word": "bekräfta"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
          "word": "bestyrka"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
          "word": "delille desteklemek"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podkrepjam",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "подкрепям"
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      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zuǒzhèng",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "佐證 /佐证"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "bekræfte"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "onderbouwen"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "konfirmi"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "vahvistaa"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "corroborer"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "bestätigen"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "untermauern"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "stützen"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "bekräftigen"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "megerősít"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "styrkja"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "neartaigh le"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "corroborare"
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      "code": "la",
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      "word": "corrōborō"
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      "code": "lt",
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      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "patvirtinti"
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      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "co-niartaghey"
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      "code": "gv",
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      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
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    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "puṣṭī deṇe",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "पुष्टी देणे"
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    {
      "code": "mr",
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      "roman": "paripoṣ karṇe",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "परिपोष करणे"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "bekrefte"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "styrke"
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "bekrefte"
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    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "styrke"
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    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "underbygge"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "potwierdzać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "potwierdzić"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "corroborar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "susține"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "corobora"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "adeveri"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podkrepljatʹ",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "подкреплять"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podtverždátʹ",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "подтвержда́ть"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podtverdítʹ",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
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      "word": "подтверди́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "podpreti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "corroborar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "bekräfta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "bestyrka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "styrka"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "delille desteklemek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pidtvérdžuvaty",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "підтве́рджувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pidtvérdyty",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "підтве́рдити"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pidkrípljuvaty",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "підкрі́плювати"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pidkripýty",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "підкріпи́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "To confirm or support with additional evidence",
      "word": "ategu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ukrepvam",
      "sense": "To make strong; to strengthen",
      "word": "укрепвам"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zasilvam",
      "sense": "To make strong; to strengthen",
      "word": "засилвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To make strong; to strengthen",
      "word": "corroborare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To make strong; to strengthen",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "umacniać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To make strong; to strengthen",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "umocnić"
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}

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