Corroborate

How it is used

Use when a second source supports an earlier account.

Example sentences

1. The attendance records corroborate the teacher's account of frequent absences.

   Records support an account collected separately.

2. We need another experiment to corroborate these unexpected findings.

   A further test would provide independent support.

Common collocations

• corroborate findings
• corroborate an account

Related terms

• evidenceFacts, data or findings that show whether a claim or idea is true or likely to be true.
• findingsThe results or information that a study discovers after its data have been collected and analyzed.

More terms: Academic Vocabulary

• indicate
• e.g.
• i.e.
• concept
• approach
• implication
• demonstrate
• furthermore
• assumption
• phenomenon
• comprise
• respectively