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confirm
Overview of verb confirm
The verb confirm has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (19) confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm -- (establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant")
2. (5) confirm, reassert -- (strengthen or make more firm; "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account")
3. (2) confirm -- (make more firm; "Confirm thy soul in self-control!")
4. (1) confirm -- (support a person for a position; "The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense")
5. confirm -- (administer the rite of confirmation to; "the children were confirmed in their mother's faith")
Grep of noun confirm
confirmation
confirmation hearing
Antonyms of verb confirm
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb confirm
5 senses of confirm
Sense 1
confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm
Sense 2
confirm, reassert
=> affirm
Sense 3
confirm
=> strengthen, beef up, fortify
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 4
confirm
=> approve, O.K., okay, sanction
=> authorize, authorise, pass, clear
=> permit, allow, let, countenance
=> accept, consent, go for
=> react, respond
=> act, move
Sense 5
confirm
=> covenant
=> pledge, plight
=> promise, assure
=> declare
=> state, say, tell
=> express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb confirm
2 of 5 senses of confirm
Sense 1
confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm
=> back, back up
=> vouch
=> verify
=> prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew
=> document
=> validate
Sense 2
confirm, reassert
=> uphold, maintain
=> justify, warrant
=> verify
=> validate, corroborate
=> reconfirm
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb confirm
5 senses of confirm
Sense 1
confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm
Sense 2
confirm, reassert
=> affirm
Sense 3
confirm
=> strengthen, beef up, fortify
Sense 4
confirm
=> approve, O.K., okay, sanction
Sense 5
confirm
=> covenant
'Cause To' of verb confirm
Derived Forms of verb confirm
3 of 5 senses of confirm
Sense 1
confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm
RELATED TO>(adj) confirmative#1
=> collateral, confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying
RELATED TO>(adj) confirmatory#1
=> collateral, confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying
RELATED TO>(noun) confirmation#2
=> confirmation
RELATED TO>(noun) confirmation#1
=> confirmation, verification, check, substantiation
Sense 2
confirm, reassert
RELATED TO>(adj) confirmatory#1
=> collateral, confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying
RELATED TO>(noun) confirmation#2
=> confirmation
RELATED TO>(noun) confirmation#1
=> confirmation, verification, check, substantiation
Sense 4
confirm
RELATED TO>(noun) confirmation#3
=> ratification, confirmation
Domain of verb confirm
1 of 5 senses of confirm
Sense 5
confirm
TOPIC>(noun) religion#2, faith#3, organized religion#1
Domain Terms of verb confirm
Familiarity of verb confirm
confirm used as a verb is common (polysemy count =5)
Sample Sentences of verb confirm
5 senses of confirm
Sense 1
confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
*> Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 2
confirm, reassert
EX: They confirm that there was a traffic accident
Sense 3
confirm
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 4
confirm
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 5
confirm
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb confirm
4 of 5 senses of confirm
Sense 2
confirm, reassert
> affirm
=> claim
=> reaffirm
=> confirm, reassert
=> maintain, defend
Sense 3
confirm
> strengthen, beef up, fortify
=> vitalize, vitalise
=> ruggedize, ruggedise
=> substantiate
=> restrengthen
=> undergird, brace up
=> confirm
=> reinforce, reenforce
=> buttress
=> brace, steady, stabilize, stabilise
=> batten
=> batten, batten down, secure
Sense 4
confirm
> approve, O.K., okay, sanction
=> sanction
=> visa
=> back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support
=> confirm
Sense 5
confirm
> covenant
=> confirm
=> bar mitzvah
=> bat mitzvah
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb confirm
Sense 1
confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm
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Sense 2
confirm, reassert
=> affirm
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Sense 3
confirm
=> strengthen, beef up, fortify
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Sense 4
confirm
=> approve, O.K., okay, sanction
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Sense 5
confirm
=> covenant
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Grep of verb confirm
confirm
reconfirm
Grep of adj confirm
confirmable
confirmative
confirmatory
confirmed
confirming
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