corroborate findings

Meaning

This formal collocation means to confirm, support, or give strength to research results or conclusions by providing additional, matching evidence from other sources or studies. It is highly valued in the scientific community to prove reliability.

Examples

• We need to run a second trial to see if we can corroborate our initial findings.

  We need to run a second trial to see if we can corroborate our initial findings.

• Several independent studies have since emerged to corroborate findings from our 2024 paper.

  Several independent studies have since emerged to corroborate findings from our 2024 paper.

• Unfortunately, the new data failed to corroborate findings from the previous research team.

  Unfortunately, the new data failed to corroborate findings from the previous research team.

• She hopes that her upcoming survey will corroborate findings from her qualitative interviews.

  She hopes that her upcoming survey will corroborate findings from her qualitative interviews.

• The peer reviewers asked for more data to help corroborate findings before publication.

  The peer reviewers asked for more data to help corroborate findings before publication.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ The new data collaborated our findings.

  ✓ The new data corroborated our findings.

  'Collaborate' means to work together with someone. 'Corroborate' means to confirm or support a statement or finding with evidence. These are easily confused homophones.

• ✗ We need to corroborate with our findings.

  ✓ We need to corroborate our findings.

  'Corroborate' is a transitive verb and does not take the preposition 'with' when introducing the direct object.

Related Expressions

Practice

• The primary goal of our follow-up study is to ___ from the pilot experiment.

  💡 Confirm or support the results with more evidence.

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  corroborate findings

• If other labs cannot ___ of your study, your theory will not be accepted by the scientific community.

  💡 Verify and support the results of your research.

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  corroborate findings