confirm
//kənˈfɜːm//
Forms
- present (v1)
- confirm
- past (v2)
- confirmed
- past participle (v3)
- confirmed
- present participle
- confirming
- 3rd person singular
- confirms
Definitions
1.To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.
2.To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone).
- Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII, was baptized and confirmed at the age of three days.
- 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.
3.To assure the accuracy of previous statements.
4.To approve a proposal or nomination.
- The Senate must confirm federal court appointments.
1.For sure, definitely.
- This is confirm not my handwriting.
- That ex-lecturer-to-be confirm gone case liao.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1725
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
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”).