Corroborate
verb
To provide evidence or information that supports a statement, theory, or finding.
His version of events was corroborated by witnesses.
Often appears as...
- corroborate the evidence
- corroborate the theory
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Formal
Academic
verb
To confirm or support something with additional evidence; to attest or verify.
To win the case, we need an evidence that will corroborate the defendant's story.
Often appears as...
- corroborate a statement
- corroborate someone's alibi
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
verb
To provide evidence or information that supports a statement, theory, or finding.
His version of events was corroborated by witnesses.
Often appears as...
- corroborate the evidence
- corroborate the theory
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
verb
To confirm or support something with additional evidence; to attest or verify.
To win the case, we need an evidence that will corroborate the defendant's story.
Often appears as...
- corroborate a statement
- corroborate someone's alibi
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Support Importance
Use 'corroborate' to show that evidence strengthens a belief or story.
The fingerprints corroborate the suspect's presence at the crime scene.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Proof
'Corroborate' suggests support but doesn't necessarily prove something on its own.
Her alibi is corroborated by the phone records, but that doesn't prove she's innocent.
Pro Tip 3/3Academic Strength
In academic writing, 'corroborate' signifies a finding is backed up by research.
Past studies corroborate our hypothesis about climate change effects.
Pro Tip 1/3Support Importance
Use 'corroborate' to show that evidence strengthens a belief or story.
The fingerprints corroborate the suspect's presence at the crime scene.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Proof
'Corroborate' suggests support but doesn't necessarily prove something on its own.
Her alibi is corroborated by the phone records, but that doesn't prove she's innocent.
Pro Tip 3/3Academic Strength
In academic writing, 'corroborate' signifies a finding is backed up by research.
Past studies corroborate our hypothesis about climate change effects.
Pro Tip 1/3Support Importance
Use 'corroborate' to show that evidence strengthens a belief or story.
The fingerprints corroborate the suspect's presence at the crime scene.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Proof
'Corroborate' suggests support but doesn't necessarily prove something on its own.
Her alibi is corroborated by the phone records, but that doesn't prove she's innocent.
Pro Tip 3/3Academic Strength
In academic writing, 'corroborate' signifies a finding is backed up by research.
Past studies corroborate our hypothesis about climate change effects.
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Beyond Death PIPE A Pastor,...
people and those who came back saw the light they felt comfortable they felt warm they weren't afraid what it does corroborate is this notion that the soul lives on beyond the physical body and it's striking that all of these people had such similar experiences and stories to come back with it's really
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How simple ideas lead to...
His specialty was actually refining and confirming other people's results, and this might sound like a bit of an also-ran, but in fact, this is the soul of science, because there is no such thing as a fact that cannot be independently corroborated. And he was familiar with Galileo's experiments
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Are there universal...
They were able to correctly match photos of different facial expressions with stories designed to trigger particular feelings. Over the next few decades, further research has corroborated Darwin’s idea that some of our most important emotional expressions are in fact universal.
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How reliable is your...
just because they express emotion when they say it, it doesn't mean that it really happened. We can't reliably distinguish true memories from false memories. We need independent corroboration. Such a discovery has made me more tolerant of the everyday memory mistakes
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Tiny Toad to Tell...
this is a big paradigm shift a paradigm shift means everybody thought one thing and the whole world has to change now to think another thing and that's what some of the data I'm gathering is all about is trying to corroborate this latest
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Juliana Machado...
of the Saltators to see if my results can be corroborated. I hope to start my post-PhD next semester developing paternity tests which will be able to be used in commercial bird breeders to help law enforcement detect poached animals.
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How Data-Driven...
which told us the name and the type of facility, added further evidence that these places were camps. This video helped us to corroborate a series of locations where previously all we had had was satellite imagery.
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Where Did Pablo...
Picasso's invites viewers into the creative process with the artists fleas relish taking incomplete clues in the missing details Picasso had an instinct for this dynamic long before science corroborated it the
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History's deadliest king...
murder, slave-raiding, and general policy of cruelty.” In 1903, Diplomat Roger Casement wrote a report that corroborated the nature and scale of the atrocities. It was published the following year.
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How we can protect truth...
in the replies to false tweets. And true news exhibited significantly more anticipation, joy and trust in reply to true tweets. The surprise corroborates our novelty hypothesis.
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Beyond Death PIPE A Pastor,...
people and those who came back saw the light they felt comfortable they felt warm they weren't afraid what it does corroborate is this notion that the soul lives on beyond the physical body and it's striking that all of these people had such similar experiences and stories to come back with it's really
Video examples
How simple ideas lead to...
His specialty was actually refining and confirming other people's results, and this might sound like a bit of an also-ran, but in fact, this is the soul of science, because there is no such thing as a fact that cannot be independently corroborated. And he was familiar with Galileo's experiments
Video examples
Are there universal...
They were able to correctly match photos of different facial expressions with stories designed to trigger particular feelings. Over the next few decades, further research has corroborated Darwin’s idea that some of our most important emotional expressions are in fact universal.
Video examples
How reliable is your...
just because they express emotion when they say it, it doesn't mean that it really happened. We can't reliably distinguish true memories from false memories. We need independent corroboration. Such a discovery has made me more tolerant of the everyday memory mistakes
Video examples
Tiny Toad to Tell...
this is a big paradigm shift a paradigm shift means everybody thought one thing and the whole world has to change now to think another thing and that's what some of the data I'm gathering is all about is trying to corroborate this latest
Video examples
Juliana Machado...
of the Saltators to see if my results can be corroborated. I hope to start my post-PhD next semester developing paternity tests which will be able to be used in commercial bird breeders to help law enforcement detect poached animals.
Video examples
How Data-Driven...
which told us the name and the type of facility, added further evidence that these places were camps. This video helped us to corroborate a series of locations where previously all we had had was satellite imagery.
Video examples
Where Did Pablo...
Picasso's invites viewers into the creative process with the artists fleas relish taking incomplete clues in the missing details Picasso had an instinct for this dynamic long before science corroborated it the
Video examples
History's deadliest king...
murder, slave-raiding, and general policy of cruelty.” In 1903, Diplomat Roger Casement wrote a report that corroborated the nature and scale of the atrocities. It was published the following year.
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How we can protect truth...
in the replies to false tweets. And true news exhibited significantly more anticipation, joy and trust in reply to true tweets. The surprise corroborates our novelty hypothesis.
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J. G. Ballard
British Author
I don't think any particular painters have inspired me, except in a general sense. It was more a matter of corroboration. The visual arts, from Manet onwards, seemed far more open to change and experiment than the novel, though that's only partly the fault of the writers. There's something about the novel that resists innovation.
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Alex Haley
American Novelist
To the best of my knowledge and of my effort, every lineage statement within 'Roots' is from either my African or American families' carefully preserved oral history, much of which I have been able conventionally to corroborate with documents.
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John Foxe
English Writer
A prisoner in the Inquisition is never allowed to see the face of his accuser, or of the witnesses against him, but every method is taken by threats and tortures, to oblige him to accuse himself, and by that means corroborate their evidence.
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John Kennedy
American Lawyer
When you meet with someone and you try to assess whether they're telling you the truth or not, there's several things you can do. You judge demeanor and credibility. You look at corroboration.
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Pamela Meyer
American Author
Maybe Trump isn't a racist in private. But he's sure acting like one in public. And his body language is corroborating the evidence.
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Carl Hart
American Educator
I had to go to England to really learn about American racism in a way that corroborated my reality. That was critical.
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Omarosa Manigault Newman
American Celebrity
Everything that you see in 'Unhinged' that's quoted can be verified as documented and corroborated.
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Seamus Heaney
Irish Poet
As a young poet, you need corroboration, and that's what publication does.
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Amity Gaige
American Novelist
Oh, I'm a pretty bad poet. This has been corroborated by others.
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John Steinbeck
American Author
No one wants advice - only corroboration.
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J. G. Ballard
British Author
I don't think any particular painters have inspired me, except in a general sense. It was more a matter of corroboration. The visual arts, from Manet onwards, seemed far more open to change and experiment than the novel, though that's only partly the fault of the writers. There's something about the novel that resists innovation.
Quote examples
Alex Haley
American Novelist
To the best of my knowledge and of my effort, every lineage statement within 'Roots' is from either my African or American families' carefully preserved oral history, much of which I have been able conventionally to corroborate with documents.
Quote examples
John Foxe
English Writer
A prisoner in the Inquisition is never allowed to see the face of his accuser, or of the witnesses against him, but every method is taken by threats and tortures, to oblige him to accuse himself, and by that means corroborate their evidence.
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John Kennedy
American Lawyer
When you meet with someone and you try to assess whether they're telling you the truth or not, there's several things you can do. You judge demeanor and credibility. You look at corroboration.
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Pamela Meyer
American Author
Maybe Trump isn't a racist in private. But he's sure acting like one in public. And his body language is corroborating the evidence.
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Carl Hart
American Educator
I had to go to England to really learn about American racism in a way that corroborated my reality. That was critical.
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Omarosa Manigault Newman
American Celebrity
Everything that you see in 'Unhinged' that's quoted can be verified as documented and corroborated.
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Seamus Heaney
Irish Poet
As a young poet, you need corroboration, and that's what publication does.
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Amity Gaige
American Novelist
Oh, I'm a pretty bad poet. This has been corroborated by others.
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John Steinbeck
American Author
No one wants advice - only corroboration.
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