confirm
pronunciation
How to pronounce confirm in British English:
UK [kənˈfɜːm]
How to pronounce confirm in American English:
US [kənˈfɜːrm]
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- Verb:
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- strengthen or make more firm
- make more firm
- as of a person to a position
- administer the rite of confirmation to
Word Origin
- confirm (v.)
- mid-13c., confirmyn "to ratify," from Old French confermer (13c., Modern French confirmer) "strengthen, establish, consolidate; affirm by proof or evidence; anoint (a king)," from Latin confirmare "make firm, strengthen, establish," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + firmare "to strengthen," from firmus "strong, steadfast" (see firm (adj.)). Related: Confirmative; confirmatory.
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Example
- 1. Meanwhile , new data out this week seems to confirm that germany 's export engine has stalled .
- 2. The authorities confirm any possible matches through dna tests .
- 3. It refused to confirm the price tag .
- 4. I 'm calling to confirm our lunche on appointment .
- 5. Its discovery will merely confirm the existing assumptions about reality .