confirmed
Americanadjective
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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.
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firmly established in a habit or condition; inveterate.
a confirmed bachelor.
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given additional determination; made resolute.
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having received the religious rite of confirmation.
adjective
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(prenominal) long-established in a habit, way of life, etc
a confirmed bachelor
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having received the rite of confirmation
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(of a disease) another word for chronic
Other Word Forms
- confirmedly adverb
- confirmedness noun
- unconfirmed adjective
- well-confirmed adjective
Etymology
Origin of confirmed
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English confermed; see confirm, -ed 2
Example Sentences
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His death was confirmed at 12:30 local time, and his body was repatriated to Essex.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
Another academy graduate, Dan Neil, 24, has already confirmed he will exit the club upon returning from his loan spell with Championship promotion-chasers Ipswich Town.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
The experiment, conducted in 2020, detected more than 20 organic molecules, including several that had never before been confirmed on Mars.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
Swiss football club FC Basel on Monday confirmed to AFP they had turned down an approach about staging a Kanye West concert at their St. Jakob-Park ground.
From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026
They had neither refuted nor confirmed Galileo’s claim; they had simply produced an anomaly.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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