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confirm
What does confirm mean?
confirm (verb): establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use confirm in a sentence?
- His story confirmed my doubts. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce confirm?
/kənˈfɝm/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does confirm come from?
From Middle English confirmen, confermen, from Old French confermer.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of confirm?
Words related to confirm
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “confirm” mean?
keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance
Not quite: that's what monitor means.
to remove or block an opening, gap or passage through
Not quite: that's what close means.
to cause (someone) to learn or understand (something)
Not quite: that's what teach means.
establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
Right! That's what “confirm” means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “confirm”?
affirm
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happen
Not quite: happen means something else.
report
Not quite: report means something else.
become
Not quite: become means something else.
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