Corroboration Meaning
/kəˌrɔbəˈreɪʃən/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming; addition of strength; confirmation.
nounThat which corroborates.
Sentence Examples
The detective sought corroboration of the witness's statement.
New evidence provided corroboration of the theory.
The police found physical corroboration for the witness's statement.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The lawyer presented documents as ____ of the witness's testimony.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The detective sought ____ of the witness's statement.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English corroboracioun, borrowed from Late Latin corrōborātiō (“strengthening”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Fallacious enough doctrine when wielded against one's prejudices, but in corroboration of cherished suspicions not without likelihood."
— 1857, Herman Melville, chapter 23, in The Confidence-Man:
"Urban Dictionary records at least 66 of the terms found by the present research, but as this dictionary liberally accepts words, definitions, and sample sentences based solely on the say-so of contributors, in the absence of corroboration from other sources the authenticity of some entries must remain dubious."
— 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 2:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The lawyer presented documents as ____ of the witness's testimony.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The detective sought ____ of the witness's statement.