confirm
/kənˈfɝm/verb2 syllables
Confirm means: establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts.
Synonyms for confirm6
What does confirm mean?5
verb
1
establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts“his story confirmed my doubts”
2
strengthen or make more firm“The witnesses confirmed the victim's account”
3
make more firm“Confirm thy soul in self-control!”
4
support a person for a position“The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense”
5
administer the rite of confirmation to“the children were confirmed in their mother's faith”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with confirm?6
Confirm in a sentence
- More direct observation is needed to confirm this assumption, however.CM
- Next, try to confirm the deviation with an oscilloscope.frpzzd
- First, try to confirm the timing by oscilloscope.fcbond
- Her silence seemed to confirm suspicions that she was hiding something.patgfisher
- Have you been able to confirm all of this?CK
- This is just to confirm receipt of your letter.patgfisher
- Don't forget to confirm your reservation in advance.unknown
- There is no way to confirm that he is alive.CM
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Forms of confirm
as a verb
- past tense
- confirmed
- present participle
- confirming
- third-person singular
- confirms