What does reaffirm mean?
Definitions for reaffirm
reaf·firm
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Princeton's WordNet
reaffirmverb
affirm once again
"He reaffirmed his faith in the church"
Wiktionary
reaffirmverb
To affirm again.
reaffirmverb
To bolster or support.
The recent tragedy only served to reaffirm his faith.
ChatGPT
reaffirm
To reaffirm means to restate, confirm, or assert again strongly a fact, belief, intention or commitment that has already been established or expressed. It is often used when one wants to emphasize or assure their stand or conviction on a particular issue or subject.
Webster Dictionary
Reaffirmverb
to affirm again
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Reaffirm
re-af-fėrm′, v.t. to affirm again.—n. Reaffirmā′tion.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of reaffirm in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of reaffirm in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of reaffirm in a Sentence
It's interesting to reaffirm that what people have been thinking for nearly 100 years is true, that this was a species driven to extinction by human activities, when this butterfly was collected 93 years ago, nobody was thinking about sequencing its DNA. That's why we have to keep collecting, for researchers 100 years in the future.
With those two exceptions, everyone who was physically present in United States was thought to be under its jurisdiction, there are numerous The Supreme Court cases that reaffirm that understanding, and almost as importantly, there are lots of congressional statutes that assume birthright citizenship.
I reaffirm that it is false that I have received or accepted money from these criminals ... I reiterate my total rejection on behalf of the Honduran people of the suggestion that our country is a narco state.
The Treasury Department on Thursday:
These actions reaffirm the U.S. government's commitment to impose costs on the Lukashenka regime for enabling corruption, human rights abuses, inhumane exploitation of vulnerable people and orchestration of irregular migration, and attacks against democratic freedoms and international norms.
Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul:
But it isn't less meaningful for us to once again reaffirm our resolve to implement the agreement made in Panmunjom through these events.
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- reafirmarSpanish
- पुष्टिHindi
- לַחֲזוֹר וְלְאַשֵׁרHebrew
- reafirmarPortuguese
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