Corroborate

Verb

To confirm or give support to a statement, theory, or finding

Pronunciation

kuh-ROB-uh-reyt

Synonyms

Confirm, Validate, Support, Substantiate, Authenticate

Antonyms

Disprove, Contradict, Refute, Deny, Discredit

Indian Languages

🇮🇳 Hindi → पुष्टि करना (pushti karna)

🇮🇳 Bengali → সমর্থন করা (samarthan kora)

🇮🇳 Tamil → உறுதிப்படுத்துதல் (uṟutippaṭuttutal)

🇮🇳 Kannada → ದೃಢೀಕರಿಸಲು (dṛḍhīkarisalu)

🇮🇳 Telugu → ధృవీకరించు (dhruvīkarañcu)

🇮🇳 Urdu → تصدیق کرنا (tasdiq karna)

European Languages

🇪🇸 Spanish → Corroborar

🇫🇷 French → Corroborer

🇩🇪 German → Bestätigen

Other Asian Languages

🇨🇳 Chinese → 证实 (zhèngshí)

🇯🇵 Japanese → 補強する (hokyō suru)

Examples
  1. The witness was able to corroborate the defendant's alibi with her testimony.
  2. Scientists often seek additional evidence to corroborate their hypotheses.
  3. The findings of the study were corroborated by several other research teams.