Dictionary Definition
confirm
Verb
1 establish or strengthen as with new evidence or
facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the
defendant" [syn: corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm] [ant: negate]
2 strengthen or make more firm; "The witnesses
confirmed the victim's account" [syn: reassert]
3 make more firm; "Confirm thy soul in
self-control!"
4 as of a person to a position; "The Senate
confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense"
5 administer the rite of confirmation to; "the
children were confirmed in their mother's faith"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)m
Verb
- To strengthen; to make firm.
- To confer the Christian sacrament of confirmation.
- To assure the accuracy of previous statements.
Related terms
Translations
to strengthen
- Finnish: vahvistaa
to confer the confirmation
- Finnish: konfirmoida
- Icelandic: ferma
- ttbc Bulgarian: потвърждавам
- ttbc Dutch: bevestigen
- ttbc French: confirmer
- ttbc Hebrew: לאשר (le'asher) (3)
- ttbc Italian: confermare (1), cresimare (2)
- ttbc Spanish: confirmar
- ttbc Swedish: konfirmera (2), bekräfta (3)
- ttbc Arabic: يؤكد
Extensive Definition
Confirmation can refer to:
- Confirmation, a Christian sacrament, also known as Chrismation in some churches
- Tenure at universities in Australia and New Zealand is referred to as confirmation
- Verificationism
- The confirmation of a presidential nominee by the United States Senate; see advice and consent
- Confirmation (composition), a bebop jazz standard by Charlie Parker
confirm in Polish: Konfirmacja
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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accede, accept, acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accredit, accustom, acquiesce, adapt, addict, adjust, administer the Eucharist,
affirm, amen, anoint, approve, assay, assent, assure, attest, audit, authenticate, authorize, autograph, back, back up, be sponsor for, bear
out, bed, beef up, bind, bolster, bond, brace, brace up, break, break in, bring to test,
buttress, case harden,
certify, check, check and doublecheck,
check out, check over, chrism, circumstantiate,
clinch, collate, condition, consent, corroborate, cosign, countersecure, countersign, cross-check,
cut and try, deep-dye, define, do duty, document, domesticate, domesticize, double-check,
embed, encourage, endorse, engraft, engrave, ensure, entrench, essay, establish, etch, experiment, familiarize, fix, fortify, found, gentle, gird, give a try, give a tryout,
give permission, give the go-ahead, give the imprimatur, give
thumbs up, ground,
guarantee, guaranty, habituate, harden, have a go, housebreak, impact, implant, impose, impress, imprint, infix, ingrain, initial, inscribe, insure, inure, invigorate, jam, justify, lay hands on, lodge, make good, minister, naturalize, nerve, notarize, officiate, orient, orientate, pack, painstakingly match, pass, pass on, pass upon, perform a
rite, perform service, permit, plant, play around with, practice
upon, print, probate, prop, prove, put to trial, ratify, recheck, recognize, refresh, reinforce, reinvigorate, research, restrengthen, road-test,
root, rubber stamp, run a
sample, sample, sanction, say amen to,
scrutinize comparatively, seal, season, seat, second, secure, set, set in, settle, shake down, shore up,
sign, sign and seal, sign
for, sponsor, stamp, stand behind, stand up for,
steel, stereotype, stiffen, strengthen, subscribe, subscribe to,
substantiate,
support, sustain, swear and affirm, swear
to, take to, tame, taste, temper, test, toughen, train, triple-check, try, try it on, try out, undergird, underpin, undersign, underwrite, uphold, validate, verify, visa, vise, vouch, warrant, wedge, witness, wont