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How to pronounce confirm in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms reassert
Type of affirm
Has types corroborate, maintain, verify, reconfirm, validate, uphold
Derivation confirmation, confirmatory


The witnesses confirmed the victim's account.
Type Words
Synonyms affirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain
Has types vouch, back, back up, demonstrate, document, establish, prove, shew, show, validate, verify
Derivation confirmation, confirmative, confirmatory


his story confirmed my doubts.
Type Words
Type of covenant


the children were confirmed in their mother's faith.
Type Words
Type of fortify, beef up, strengthen
Type Words
Type of sanction, o.k., okay, approve
Derivation confirmation


The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense.

Examples of confirm

confirm
Club officials won't confirm his signing, but the announcement is expected soon.
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The ease with which they sailed through the Holiday Bowl seemed to confirm that.
From the omaha.com
Federal Election Commission reports confirm the contributions from Shelby's PAC.
From the thenewstribune.com
Watchmouse data appears to confirm both the British and German sites had a blip.
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Francois is the 11th player to confirm her involvement with the Steel next year.
From the odt.co.nz
Peter then tried to call the hotline to confirm the downtown collection address.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Three green lights on the display above will confirm that it is down and locked.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Mark Toner, a State Department spokesman, said he could not confirm the attacks.
From the latimes.com
We will reply to confirm your booking and you can pay when you come to the show.
From the scoop.co.nz
More examples
  • Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"
  • Strengthen or make more firm; "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account"
  • Make more firm; "Confirm thy soul in self-control!"
  • Support a person for a position; "The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense"
  • Administer the rite of confirmation to; "the children were confirmed in their mother's faith"
  • (confirmation) additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct; "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory"
  • (Confirmation (composition)) "Confirmation" is a bebop standard composed by saxophonist Charlie Parker in 1946. It is known as a challenging number due to its long, complex head and rapid chord changes, which feature an extended cycle of fifths.
  • (Confirmation (education)) Tenure commonly refers to life tenure in a job and specifically to a senior academic's contractual right not to have his or her position terminated without just cause.
  • (Confirmation (epistemology)) Verificationism is the idea that a statement or question only has meaning if there is some way to determine if the statement is true, or what the answer to the question is.