corroborate

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

1. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts (Freq. 3)
- his story confirmed my doubts
- The evidence supports the defendant
• Syn:
confirm, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm
• Ant:
negate (for: affirm)
• Derivationally related forms:
affirmable (for: affirm), affirmation (for: affirm), support (for: support), substantiative (for: substantiate), substantiation (for: substantiate), sustainable (for: sustain), corroborative, corroboratory, corroboration, confirmative (for: confirm), confirmatory (for: confirm), confirmation (for: confirm)
• Hyponyms:
back, back up, vouch, verify, prove,
demonstrate, establish, show, shew, document, validate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
2. give evidence for (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
validate
• Derivationally related forms:
corroborative, corroboratory, corroboration, validatory (for: validate), validation (for: validate)
• Hypernyms:
confirm, reassert
• Hyponyms:
circumstantiate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
- The stories and claims were born out by the evidence
• Syn:
underpin, bear out, support
• Derivationally related forms:
support (for: support), corroborative, corroboratory, corroboration
• Hypernyms:
match, fit, correspond, check, jibe,
gibe, tally, agree
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  underpin, bear out, support, validate, confirm, sustain, substantiate, affirm
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  negate, contradict