[
UK
/kənfˈɜːm/
]
[ US /kənˈfɝm/ ]
[ US /kənˈfɝm/ ]
VERB
-
make more firm
Confirm thy soul in self-control! -
strengthen or make more firm
The witnesses confirmed the victim's account -
establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
his story confirmed my doubts
The evidence supports the defendant -
support a person for a position
The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense -
administer the rite of confirmation to
the children were confirmed in their mother's faith
How To Use confirm In A Sentence
- An AFTRA statement confirmed the issues' importance, calling the 1% increase the union's "primary objective" in the bargaining. Jonathan Handel: AFTRA, Networks Reach New Three Year Deal
- Symbian's rivals have been tagging the company as Nokia's poodle for a couple of years now, and the deal is being widely seen as confirmation.
- Contrary to what has been claimed, the theory is not insulated against attempts to disconfirm it.
- This triangulation of information will help school practitioners make better decisions about students or programs because data from one source can help confirm or disconfirm information from another.
- The CDC asks states to report confirmed flu deaths by age group but not by subtype, meaning H1N1 deaths are not necessarily tracked. STLtoday.com Top News Headlines
- The distich caused discussion regarding the quantity of "hic", but the pope defended the prosody of Voltaire who confirmed his opinion by a quotation from Virgil which he said ought to be the epitaph of The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne
- This also suggests that this deity was first adopted by the tradition of the monastery of Sa-gya, [26] a hypothesis further confirmed by the reference in the founding myth to his being taken over by the holder of the Sa-gya throne So-nam-rin-chen (bsod nams rin chen). The Shugden Affair: Origins of a Controversy (Part I)
- Adding to my trepidation is this primary poll from Survey USA, which confirms Roulstone's campaign doesn't yet have the profile it needs. Sound Politics: Roulstone Update
- Saint – Germain, the king accorded letters-patent; and all the rest, abbatial charter, and royal letters, was confirmed in 1654 by the Chamber of Accounts and the Parliament. Les Miserables
- Received telemetry data confirmed the initial phases of the mission to be nominal.