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confirm
[ kuhn-furm ]
verb (used with object)
- to establish the truth, accuracy, validity, or genuineness of; corroborate; verify:
This report confirms my suspicions.
Synonyms: , , ,
Antonyms:
- to acknowledge with definite assurance:
Did the hotel confirm our room reservation?
- to make valid or binding by some formal or legal act; sanction; ratify:
to confirm a treaty;
to confirm her appointment to the Supreme Court.
Antonyms:
- to make firm or more firm; add strength to; settle or establish firmly:
Their support confirmed my determination to run for mayor.
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- to strengthen (a person) in habit, resolution, opinion, etc.:
The accident confirmed him in his fear of driving.
- to administer the religious rite of confirmation to.
confirm
/ əˈɜː /
verb
- may take a clause as object to prove to be true or valid; corroborate; verify
- may take a clause as object to assert for a second or further time, so as to make more definite
he confirmed that he would appear in court
- to strengthen or make more firm
his story confirmed my doubts
- to make valid by a formal act or agreement; ratify
- to administer the rite of confirmation to
Derived Forms
- Dzˈھٴǰ, adjective
- Dzˈھ, noun
- Dzˈھ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- Dz·ھa· adjective
- Dz·ھa·i·ٲ noun
- Dz·ھİ Law. Dz·ھ·ǰ [kon-fer-, mawr, k, uh, n-, fur, -mer], noun
- Dz·ھiԲ· adverb
- ԴDzcDz·ھiԲ adjective
- cDz·ھ verb (used with object)
- cDz·ھ verb (used with object)
- ܲcDz·ھ verb (used with object)
- unDz·ھa·i·ٲ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of confirm1
Example Sentences
Garcia said Santa Ana police were monitoring the protest and confirmed that a report of vandalism and battery was taken.
Priscilla Pointer, a stage actor perhaps best known for roles in the movie “Carrie” and TV’s “Dallas,” died Monday, her family confirmed.
These will be familiar to many from the pandemic, when millions sent off swabs in the post to confirm whether they had Covid.
But the airline did confirm new perks for loyalty program members.
Fox Sports, reached by email Tuesday morning, would only confirm that Dixon is no long employed by the company.
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