confirm
/kənˈfɝm/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.40 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.
verb
To assure the accuracy of previous statements.
adv
Example Sentences
- "She pulled through with the boy till he was confirmed; but then she told him that she could not feed him any longer; he would have to go out and earn his own bread."
- "Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII, was baptized and confirmed at the age of three days."
- "Despite all the evidence confirming the existence of the Protheans, little is known about their culture and society. From time to time, dig sites will yield new clues, but after 50,000 years of decay, little of value is unearthed."
- "The little green men were clearly professional soldiers by their bearing, carried Russian weapons, and wore Russian combat fatigues, but they had no identifying insignia. Vladimir Putin originally denied they were Russian soldiers; that April, he confirmed they were."
- "Transport Minister Marples, meanwhile, used arrogant rhetoric and showed his personal contempt for railways when confirming in Parliament that a third of the network was to be closed even before the survey results were known."
- "The Senate must confirm federal court appointments."
Etymology
From Middle English confirmen, confermen, from Old French confermer, from Latin cōnfirmāre (“to make firm, strengthen, establish”), from con- (“together”) + firmāre (“to make firm”), from firmus (“firm”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *dʰer-, confirmen, confermer, confirmo
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kənˈfɝm/
- British English: /kənˈfɜːm/
Usage
Inflected Forms
confirms (present, singular)
confirming (participle, present)
confirmed (participle, past)
confirmed (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
confirmed (first person, past)
confirmest (archaic, present)
confirmed (past, second person)
confirmedst (archaic, past)
confirmeth (archaic, present)
confirmed (past, singular)