confirmed

[ kuhn-furmd ]

/ kənˈfɜrmd /

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adjective

made certain as to truth, accuracy, validity, availability, etc.: confirmed reports of new fighting at the front;confirmed reservations on the three o'clock flight to Denver.

settled; ratified.

firmly established in a habit or condition; inveterate: a confirmed bachelor.

given additional determination; made resolute.

having received the religious rite of confirmation.

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Origin of confirmed

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English confermed; see confirm, -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM confirmed

con·firm·ed·ly

[kuhn-fuhr-mid-lee], /kənˈfʌr mɪd li/, adverbcon·firm·ed·ness

[kuhn-fur-mid-nis, -furmd-], /kənˈfɜr mɪd nɪs, -ˈfɜrmd-/, nounun·con·firmed, adjectivewell-con·firmed, adjective

Words nearby confirmed

confirmand, confirmation, confirmation bias, confirmation hearings, confirmatory, confirmed, confirmee, confiscable, confiscate, confiscatory, confit

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How to use confirmed in a sentence

Between January and March 2022, 7,143 people who held confirmed reservations were involuntarily denied boarding from a flight because of overselling—up from 742 over the same period in 2021 and 1,576 in 2020.
Some Travelers Are Getting Paid Thousands to Give Up Their Plane Seats|Nik Popli|July 18, 2022|Time
Between it being a crazy year with volatility in general, both in terms of confirmed and unconfirmed updates, and the confirmed updates being very close together, it is hard to say with 100% confidence which update was bigger.
Google’s December 2021 product reviews update was bigger than the April product reviews update, say data providers|Barry Schwartz|December 8, 2021|Search Engine Land
We then moved into the fun topic of Google algorithm updates and the difference between confirmed and unconfirmed updates.
Video: Dawn Beobide on Google confirmed vs unconfirmed algorithm updates|Barry Schwartz|February 1, 2021|Search Engine Land
Weiss is likely to get confirmed even as Warren and a handful of other progressive Democrats vote no.
Sen. Warren’s Main Street Crusade to Pressure Clinton|Eleanor Clift|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST

In its attempt to discredit the story, the JPO inadvertently confirmed that fact.
Pentagon Misfires in Stealth Jet Scandal|Dave Majumdar|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Reached Tuesday, a Sitrick Co. rep confirmed they parted ways with Epstein in April 2011.
Sleazy Billionaire’s Double Life Featured Beach Parties With Stephen Hawking|M.L. Nestel|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Lalo said he reported the kidnapping to his ICE handlers, which was confirmed by a former federal agent familiar with the case.
An Informant, a Missing American, and Juarez’s House of Death: Inside the 12-Year Cold Case of David Castro|Bill Conroy|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Fry had previously confirmed the news to his army of followers on Twitter.
Meet Stephen Fry’s Future Husband (Who Is Less Than Half His Age)|Tom Sykes|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
His accumulating doubts hitherto unexpressed, almost unacknowledged even, were now confirmed.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
Ferdinand and Isabella confirmed, at Barcelona, the appointment of Columbus, on his return from the new world.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
At the third meeting, however, there was a full quorum, and the business done at the previous meetings was duly confirmed.
Report of the Chief Librarian for the Year 1924-25|General Assembly Library (New Zealand)
Barbour adds that 'many others of mickle main' were killed in the mle; and the statement is amply confirmed.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
Further acquaintance with Mr. Hunt has more than confirmed my high opinion of him.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow

British Dictionary definitions for confirmed

confirmed

/ (kənˈfɜːmd) /

adjective

(prenominal) long-established in a habit, way of life, etca confirmed bachelor

having received the rite of confirmation

(of a disease) another word for chronic

Derived forms of confirmed

confirmedly (kənˈfɜːmɪdlɪ), adverbconfirmedness (kənˈfɜːmɪdnɪs, -ˈfɜːmd-), noun

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