confirmed

pronunciation

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Adjective:

of persons; not subject to change
having been established or made firm or received the rite of confirmation
having a habit of long standing

Word Origin

confirmed (adj.): late 14c., of diseases, "firmly established," past participle adjective from confirm. Of persons and their habits, from 1826.

Synonym

adj.

endorsed licensed accredited acknowledged official sanctioned ratified warranted accepted authorized recognized approved

adj.

documented validated right attested valid factual to proven demonstrated verified accurate corroborated substantiated true certified correct notarized authenticated

adj.

habitual deep-rooted rooted ingrained deep-seated complete chronic dyed-in-the-wool fixed established inveterate authentic fide real genuine through-and-through bona

adj.

final positive sealed firm settled sure absolute conclusive decided decisive definite certain clinched

Example

1. The czech prime minister confirmed the decision .

2. He is expected to be confirmed in the job by national governments next month .

3. The ministry confirmed his comments .

4. Those allegations couldn 't be confirmed .

5. Neither case could be confirmed .

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