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confirm

[ kuhn-furm ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to establish the truth, accuracy, validity, or genuineness of; corroborate; verify:

    This report confirms my suspicions.

    Synonyms: , , ,

    Antonyms:

  2. to acknowledge with definite assurance:

    Did the hotel confirm our room reservation?

  3. 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:

  4. to make firm or more firm; add strength to; settle or establish firmly:

    Their support confirmed my determination to run for mayor.

    Synonyms:

    Antonyms:

  5. to strengthen (a person) in habit, resolution, opinion, etc.:

    The accident confirmed him in his fear of driving.

  6. to administer the religious rite of confirmation to.


confirm

/ əˈɜː /

verb

  1. may take a clause as object to prove to be true or valid; corroborate; verify
  2. 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

  3. to strengthen or make more firm

    his story confirmed my doubts

  4. to make valid by a formal act or agreement; ratify
  5. to administer the rite of confirmation to
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • Dzˈھٴǰ, adjective
  • Dzˈھ, noun
  • Dzˈھ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • Dz·ھa· adjective
  • Dz·ھa·i·ٲ noun
  • Dz·ھİ Law. Dz·ھ·ǰ [kon-fer-, mawr, k, uh, n-, fur, -mer], noun
  • Dz·ھiԲ· adverb
  • ԴDzcDz·ھiԲ adjective
  • cDz·ھ verb (used with object)
  • cDz·ھ verb (used with object)
  • ܲcDz·ھ verb (used with object)
  • unDz·ھa·i·ٲ noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of confirm1

First recorded in 1250–1300; from Latin DzԴھ “to strengthen, confirm” ( con-, firm 1 ); replacing Middle English confermen, from Old French, from Latin, as above
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of confirm1

C13: from Old French confermer, from Latin DzԴھ, from firmus firm 1
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A source confirmed to People that the couple’s baby was born six weeks ago and the parents “couldn’t be happier to expand their family.”

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Last month, Education Minister Paul Givan confirmed he would be extending the current childcare subsidy scheme that was introduced last September.

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Tossing out these ballots, he argues, would overturn his defeat, which has been confirmed by two recounts.

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In a separate document released on Friday, Mr Yang confirmed he personally pitched the fund to Xi and the wider Chinese government.

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In an interview with the BBC, Mr Hartley confirmed he posted in 2022 that Savile was a "working class hero" and said that he may have "forgotten" to disclose his X account to Reform UK.

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