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confirm

/kənˈfɝm/verb2 syllables

Confirm means: establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts.

Synonyms for confirm6

verb, as in establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm

verb, as in strengthen or make more firm

reassert

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

one syllable

two syllables

affirm
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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

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of confirm

as a verb

past tense
confirmed
present participle
confirming
third-person singular
confirms