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How to pronounce “corroborate”

“corroborate” is pronounced /kɚˈɑbɚˌeɪt/ (kuh-AH-buh-ayt) in American English and /kəɹɒbəɹeɪt/ in British English — 4 syllables, stressed on “ɑ”.
The sound

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corroborate

/kɚˈɑbɚˌeɪt/

The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /kəɹɒbəɹeɪt/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.

4 beats
  1. kɚkɚ
  2. ɑɑstress
  3. bɚbɚ
  4. eɪteɪt
IPA (American)
/kɚˈɑbɚˌeɪt/
IPA (British)
/kəɹɒbəɹeɪt/
Respelling
kuh-AH-buh-ayt
Syllables
4 — kɚ-Ɑ-bɚ-eɪt
Stress
Stress the second syllable: kɚ-Ɑ-bɚ-eɪt. “ɑ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
Part of speech
verb
Difficulty
Legend — spelling and sound part company here
Accents

American and British are not the same here

American

/kɚˈɑbɚˌeɪt/

British

/kəɹɒbəɹeɪt/

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Meaning

What “corroborate” means

  1. verb

    establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

    “his story confirmed my doubts”

  2. verb

    give evidence for

  3. verb

    support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm

    “The stories and claims were born out by the evidence”

Say it in a sentence

“A second photograph helped corroborate what she had told the police.”
Sound by sound

The sounds inside this word

6 sounds, in the order you say them
kkɚschwa×2ɑahbbeɪlong att

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Questions

“corroborate”, answered

How do you pronounce “corroborate”?

“corroborate” is pronounced /kɚˈɑbɚˌeɪt/ (kuh-AH-buh-ayt) in American English and /kəɹɒbəɹeɪt/ in British English — 4 syllables, stressed on “ɑ”. Build it as kɚ-Ɑ-bɚ-eɪt, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.

How many syllables does “corroborate” have?

4: kɚ · ɑ · bɚ · eɪt. The beat lands on the second, “ɑ”.

Is “corroborate” said differently in British English?

Yes. American English says /kɚˈɑbɚˌeɪt/ (kuh-AH-buh-ayt); British English says /kəɹɒbəɹeɪt/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.

What does “corroborate” mean?

As a verb: establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts For example: “his story confirmed my doubts” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.

Where is the stress in “corroborate”?

Stress the second syllable: kɚ-Ɑ-bɚ-eɪt. “ɑ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.

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