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confirmed
[ kuhn-furmd ]
adjective
- made certain as to truth, accuracy, validity, availability, etc.: confirmed reservations on the three o'clock flight to Denver.
confirmed reports of new fighting at the front;
confirmed reservations on the three o'clock flight to Denver.
- firmly established in a habit or condition; inveterate:
a confirmed bachelor.
- given additional determination; made resolute.
- having received the religious rite of confirmation.
confirmed
/ kənˈfɜːmɪdnɪs; kənˈfɜːmɪdlɪ; kənˈfɜːmd; -ˈfɜːmd- /
adjective
- prenominal long-established in a habit, way of life, etc
a confirmed bachelor
- having received the rite of confirmation
- (of a disease) another word for chronic
Derived Forms
- confirmedness, noun
- confirmedly, adverb
Other Words From
- con·firm·ed·ly [k, uh, n-, fuhr, -mid-lee], adverb
- con·firm·ed·ness [k, uh, n-, fur, -mid-nis, -, furmd, -], noun
- un·con·firmed adjective
- well-con·firmed adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of confirmed1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
We then moved into the fun topic of Google algorithm updates and the difference between confirmed and unconfirmed updates.
Weiss is likely to get confirmed even as Warren and a handful of other progressive Democrats vote no.
In its attempt to discredit the story, the JPO inadvertently confirmed that fact.
Reached Tuesday, a Sitrick Co. rep confirmed they parted ways with Epstein in April 2011.
Lalo said he reported the kidnapping to his ICE handlers, which was confirmed by a former federal agent familiar with the case.
Fry had previously confirmed the news to his army of followers on Twitter.
His accumulating doubts hitherto unexpressed, almost unacknowledged even, were now confirmed.
Ferdinand and Isabella confirmed, at Barcelona, the appointment of Columbus, on his return from the new world.
At the third meeting, however, there was a full quorum, and the business done at the previous meetings was duly confirmed.
Barbour adds that 'many others of mickle main' were killed in the mle; and the statement is amply confirmed.
Further acquaintance with Mr. Hunt has more than confirmed my high opinion of him.
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