VERB | cognition | confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm | establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts |
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communication | confirm, reassert | strengthen or make more firm | |
change | confirm | make more firm | |
social | confirm | support a person for a position | |
social | confirm | administer the rite of confirmation / confirmation to |
Sounds | kahnfer'm | |
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Rhymes | affirm ... worm: 26 rhymes with erm... |
Meaning | strengthen or make more firm. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
Model | They confirm that there was a traffic accident | |
Example | "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account" | |
Synonym | reassert | |
Narrower | reconfirm | confirm again |
uphold, maintain | support against an opponent | |
validate, corroborate | Give evidence for | |
verify | attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition) | |
Broader | affirm | say yes to |
Spanish | confirmar, constatar, corroborar, reafirmar | |
Catalan | confirmar, constatar, corroborar, reafirmar | |
Adjectives | confirmatory | serving to support or corroborate / corroborate / corroborate |
Nouns | confirmation | additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct |
confirmation | information that confirms or verifies |
Meaning | make more firm. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "Confirm thy soul in self-control!" | |
Broader | strengthen, beef up, fortify | make strong or stronger |
Spanish | reafirmar | |
Catalan | reafirmar |
Meaning | support a person for a position. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Example | "The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense" | |
Broader | approve, O.K., okay, sanction | Give sanction to |
Spanish | confirmar | |
Catalan | confirmar | |
Nouns | confirmation | making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it |
Meaning | Administer the rite of confirmation / confirmation to. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Example | "the children were confirmed in their mother's faith" | |
Category | religion, faith, organized religion | An institution to express belief in a divine power |
Broader | covenant | Enter into a covenant |
Spanish | confirmar | |
Catalan | confirmar |
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