What does confirm mean?
Definitions for confirm
kənˈfɜrmcon·firm
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word confirm.
Princeton's WordNet
confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirmverb
establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
"his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"
confirm, reassertverb
strengthen or make more firm
"The witnesses confirmed the victim's account"
confirmverb
make more firm
"Confirm thy soul in self-control!"
confirmverb
support a person for a position
"The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense"
confirmverb
administer the rite of confirmation to
"the children were confirmed in their mother's faith"
Wiktionary
confirmverb
To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.
confirmverb
To confer the Christian sacrament of confirmation.
confirmverb
To assure the accuracy of previous statements.
Webster Dictionary
Confirmverb
to make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise
Confirmverb
to strengthen in judgment or purpose
Confirmverb
to give new assurance of the truth of; to render certain; to verify; to corroborate; as, to confirm a rumor
Confirmverb
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
Confirmverb
to administer the rite of confirmation to. See Confirmation, 3
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Confirm
kon-fėrm′, v.t. to strengthen: to fix or establish: to ratify: to verify: to assure: to admit to full communion.—adj. Confirm′able.—n. Confirmā′tion, a making firm or sure: convincing proof: the rite by which persons are admitted to full communion in the R.C., Greek, Lutheran, Anglican, and other Churches.—adjs. Confirm′ative, tending to confirm; Confirm′atory, giving additional strength to: confirming; Confirmed′, settled: inveterate.—ns. Confirmee′, one to whom anything is confirmed; Confirm′er; Confirm′ing. [O. Fr. confermer—L. confirmāre—con, inten., and firmāre—firmus, firm.]
Editors Contribution
confirm
To provide or support with data, information or fact.
They did confirm they would get married as they loved each other with all the heart and soul.
Submitted by MaryC on February 18, 2020
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'confirm' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3736
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'confirm' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3479
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'confirm' in Verbs Frequency: #256
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of confirm in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of confirm in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of confirm in a Sentence
There are allegations -- they are alleging that they were tortured by security forces. There is already a case file open to investigating their allegations of torture, so the allegations of torture has also to be proven by medical examinations. I can not believe what they're saying unless the medical personnel confirm to us that they were indeed tortured. Until the medical team from the government ascertain or confirms to us that they were tortured that's when I can say they were.
The government will on Thursday confirm the decision to file the suit ... I expect the suit will be filed by the middle of July.
Public Relations Bridget Ann Serchak:
While VOA is currently unaware of any information that would confirm the allegations against this freelancer, out of an abundance of caution, VOA has removed all of González’ content from its websites and social media accounts and is thoroughly reviewing the stories. VOA will provide any additional details that is able to provide at a future date.
Tuscaloosa Fire Chief Randy Smith:
We had seen over the last few weeks parties going on in the county, or throughout the city and county in several locations where students or kids would come in with known positives. We thought that was kind of a rumor at first. ... We did some additional research. ... Not only did the doctors offices help confirm it but the state confirmed they also had the same information.
We needed to confirm the results with really exhaustive studies in multiple labs( in multiple states/countries), and with tests involving millions of genetic variants.
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Translations for confirm
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- أكد, تؤكدArabic
- потвърждавам, утвърждавам, подкрепямBulgarian
- potvrditCzech
- bekræfteDanish
- bestätigen, bekräftigenGerman
- konfirmiEsperanto
- confirmarSpanish
- vakuuttaa, vahvistaa, konfirmoidaFinnish
- confirmerFrench
- megerősít, bérmál, konfirmálHungarian
- verigarIdo
- fermaIcelandic
- cresimare, confermareItalian
- 確認Japanese
- bestätegenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- whakaūMāori
- forsikre om, konfirmere, bekfrefte, stadfeste, bekrefteNorwegian
- beamen, bevestigenDutch
- konfirmere, stadfeste, bekrefteNorwegian Nynorsk
- bekrefteNorwegian
- bierzmować, potwierdzaćPolish
- firmar, confirmarPortuguese
- confirmaRomanian
- подтверди́ть, уси́ливать, уси́лить, подкрепи́ть, укрепи́ть, укрепля́ть, подтвержда́ть, подкрепля́тьRussian
- utvŕditi, krȉzmati, učvŕstiti, potvŕditiSerbo-Croatian
- bekräfta, försäkra, befästa, konfirmeraSwedish
- تصدیقUrdu
- 確認Chinese
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