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- pronunciation:
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fuhrm
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
confirms, confirming, confirmed |
| definition 1: |
to prove or verify; show to be true or correct.
The results appear to confirm the experimenter's theory.Do you have any evidence to confirm your statement?- synonyms:
- affirm, attest, corroborate, prove, substantiate, validate, verify
- antonyms:
- contradict, explode, negate, repudiate
- similar words:
- authenticate, certify, clinch, establish, evidence, fortify, sustain, vindicate
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| definition 2: |
to certify formally; validate.
The airline confirmed my seat on the flight.The experts confirmed the authenticity of the ancient skeleton.The police now confirm that no one was injured during the shooting.[verb + (that) + clause
]
- antonyms:
- deny, revoke
- similar words:
- affirm, approve, authorize, certify, prove, ratify, validate
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| definition 3: |
to make more confident or more sure of.
His desperate efforts to convince her only confirmed her in her skepticism.His daughter's responsible decision confirmed his faith in her judgment.- antonyms:
- demolish
- similar words:
- buttress, fortify, reinforce, strengthen, substantiate
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| definition 4: |
to perform the religious rite of confirmation for.
The minister will be confirming the young people this Sunday. |
| related words: |
ascertain, assure, back, buy, certificate, check, consummate, demonstrate, document, justify, seal, settle, show, support, testify, witness |
adverb + (v.)confirm
independently, neither, officially, partially, subsequently, unanimously
(v.)confirm
+ noun
accuracy,
allegation,
appointment,
assertion,
assumption,
authenticity,
belief,
claim,
conclusion,
diagnosis,
discovery,
effectiveness,
efficacy,
eligibility,
existence,
expectation,
fear,
finding,
flu,
guess,
hunch,
hypothesis,
identification,
identity,
impression,
instinct,
intuition,
nomination,
nominee,
observation,
prediction,
prejudice,
presence,
receipt,
report,
rumor,
sighting,
speculation,
stereotype,
suspicion,
thesis,
tumor,
validity
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| derivations: |
confirmable (adj.), confirmingly (adv.) |
The word confirm
contains the following parts:
con-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix con-
is an assimilated form of com- used before roots beginning with c, d, f, g, j, n, s, t, and v. See com-. Note: con-
is frequently an intensive prefix, as in " conceive
."
Example words:
conceive, concentrate, concentric, conclude, conclusion, condone, conduce, conducive, conduct, conductive, conduction, confer, conference, confidant, confide, confidence, confident, confine, confirm, conflict, confluence, conflux, conform, confuse, confusion, congener, congratulate, congregate, congress, conjecture, conjunct, conjunction, conjunctiva, connect, connote, conscript, conscription, consign, consonant, conspiracy, constant, constrain, construct, construction, contact, contain, container, context, continue, contract, conversant, convince, convict, conviction, convivial, convocation, convoke, inconceivable, inconsonant, inconspicuous, connotation, consequence, consequent
firm
Latin
root
that means make firm; support
Example words:
- antonyms:
- magn, magna, magni, maxi
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