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1. (v.t.) confirm
to establish the truth, accuracy, validity, or genuineness of; corroborate; verify:
to confirm one's suspicions.
2. confirm
to acknowledge with definite assurance; make certain or definite:
to confirm a reservation.
3. confirm
to make valid or binding by some formal or legal act; sanction; ratify.
4. confirm
to make firm or firmer; add strength to.
5. confirm
to strengthen (a person) in habit, resolution, opinion, etc.
6. confirm
to administer the rite of confirmation to.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME
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| Definition of 'confirm' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm
establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
"his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"
2. (verb) confirm, reassert
strengthen or make more firm
"The witnesses confirmed the victim's account"
3. (verb) confirm
make more firm
"Confirm thy soul in self-control!"
4. (verb) confirm
support a person for a position
"The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense"
5. (verb) confirm
administer the rite of confirmation to
"the children were confirmed in their mother's faith"
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1. (verb) confirm
to show or say that sth is true or definite
Police confirmed that the numbers were correct.; to call in order to confirm our reservation
2. confirm
to make sb's feeling stronger
What happened confirmed her belief in God.; a confirmation of the story; a confirmation of her belief
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| Definition of 'confirm' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) confirm
to make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise
2. (verb) confirm
to strengthen in judgment or purpose
3. (verb) confirm
to give new assurance of the truth of; to render certain; to verify; to corroborate; as, to confirm a rumor
4. (verb) confirm
to render valid by formal assent; to complete by a necessary sanction; to ratify; as, to confirm the appoinment of an official; the Senate confirms a treaty
5. (verb) confirm
to administer the rite of confirmation to. See Confirmation, 3
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Sense: to establish or make quite certain
They confirmed their hotel booking by letter.
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 Afrikaans: beaam, bevestig; bekragti |
 Arabic: يُؤَكِّد |
 Bulgarian: потвърждавам |
 Brazilian: confirmar |
 Czech: potvrdit |
 German: bestätigen, bekräftigen |
 Danish: bekræfte |
 Greek: επιβεβαιώνω |
 Spanish: confirmar |
 Estonian: kinnitama |
 Farsi: تایید کردن؛ تصدیق کردن |
 Finnish: vahvistaa |
 French: confirmer |
 Hebrew: לְאָשֵר |
 Hindi: पक्का करना |
 Croatian: učvrstiti |
 Hungarian: megerősít |
 Indonesian: mengukuhkan |
 Icelandic: staðfesta |
 Italian: confermare |
 Japanese: 確認する |
 Korean: 입증하다 |
 Lithuanian: patvirtinti |
 Latvian: apliecināt; apstiprināt |
 Malay: mengesahkan |
 Dutch: bevestigen |
 Norwegian: bekrefte, stadfeste |
 Polish: potwierdzać |
 Persian: تایید کردن؛ تصدیق کردن |
 Pashto: ملاتړ كول، تا ئيدول (دعقي |
 Portuguese: confirmar |
 Romanian: a confirma |
 Russian: подтверждать |
 Slovak: potvrdiť |
 Slovenian: potrditi |
 Serbian: potvrditi |
 Swedish: bekräfta |
 Thai: ยืนยัน |
 Turkish: doğrulamak |
 Taiwanese: 證實，確認 |
 Ukrainian: підтверджувати |
 Urdu: مستحكم كرنا، پکا کرنا |
 Vietnamese: khẳng định |
 Chinese: 证实 |
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