What is Corroborate:
Corroborate means to confirm or verify a previously made opinion or assumption. The word, as such, comes from Latin corroboratederived from roborare, which means ‘reinforce’. Hence, it was formerly used in the sense of vivifying or giving new strength to someone who was weakened.
In this sense, we could say that By corroborating something, we give greater strength to what we had previously maintained.. Therefore, we corroborate something to be more certain about something, to clear up doubts, to demonstrate that our initial reasoning was true.
We can corroborate arguments to verify the veracity or feasibility of their foundations. For example: “We have corroborated what the law orders in these cases, and consequently we have ruled in favor of the plaintiff.”
We also corroborate a hypothesis in scientific studies or experiments to demonstrate that a theory, fact, data or phenomenon was indeed possible, just as it had been predicted. For example: “Japanese scientists could only corroborate what the Americans asserted.”
In a police investigation, we corroborate suspicions when we find sufficient elements to prove the initial assumptions. For example: “The detective had corroborated his initial thesis when he found the used weapon one hundred meters from the crime scene.”
Corroboration is essential in scientific disciplines, as well as in other areas of knowledge, such as social sciences, economics, criminology or law.
See also Scientific method.
Synonyms of corroborate They are confirm, reaffirm, ratify, verify, verify, certify, endorse.
In Englishcorroborate can be translated as to corroborate. For example: “They didn’t have found any evidence to corroborate the danger” (they had not found any evidence to corroborate the danger).
See also Ratify.