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confirm
[kuhn-furm]
verb (used with object)
to establish the truth, accuracy, validity, or genuineness of; corroborate; verify.
This report confirms my suspicions.
Antonyms: disproveto acknowledge with definite assurance.
Did the hotel confirm our room reservation?
to make valid or binding by some formal or legal act; sanction; ratify.
to confirm a treaty;
to confirm her appointment to the Supreme Court.
Antonyms: invalidateto make firm or more firm; add strength to; settle or establish firmly.
Their support confirmed my determination to run for mayor.
Synonyms: fixAntonyms: shaketo strengthen (a person) in habit, resolution, opinion, etc..
The accident confirmed him in his fear of driving.
to administer the religious rite of confirmation to.
confirm
/ kənˈfɜːm /
verb
(may take a clause as object) to prove to be true or valid; corroborate; verify
(may take a clause as object) to assert for a second or further time, so as to make more definite
he confirmed that he would appear in court
to strengthen or make more firm
his story confirmed my doubts
to make valid by a formal act or agreement; ratify
to administer the rite of confirmation to
Other Word Forms
- confirmatory adjective
- confirmer noun
- confirmable adjective
- confirmability noun
- confirmingly adverb
- nonconfirming adjective
- preconfirm verb (used with object)
- reconfirm verb (used with object)
- unconfirm verb (used with object)
- unconfirmability noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of confirm1
Example Sentences
Ofsted confirmed that Oxbridge Home Learning had not applied to be on the voluntary list of accredited online schools.
"I am afraid their response confirms that we can no longer talk about tipping points as a future risk," Lenton told reporters.
"I'm very happy to tick it off, it's not the easiest tournament to win," Littler, who confirmed he will play in the World Youth Championships on Monday in Wigan, told Sky Sports.
In a lighthearted Facebook post, the department confirmed the pumpkin was returned to its owner, joking that “Cinderella’s carriage did, in fact, turn back into a pumpkin” sometime before midnight.
Tehran confirmed on Sunday that it received an official invitation from Cairo to attend a Gaza summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, state media reported, without indicating whether a representative would attend.
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