Meaning of "confirm" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CONFIRM

From Old French confermer, from Latin confirmāre, from firmusfirm1.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CONFIRM

confirm  [kənˈfɜːm]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONFIRM

Confirm is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb confirm in English.

WHAT DOES CONFIRM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Confirmation (disambiguation)

Confirmation may refer to: ▪ Confirmation, a Christian sacrament or rite of passage. Articles on confirmation in specific denominations: ▪ Chrismation ▪ Confirmation ▪ Confirmation ▪ Confirmation ▪ A similar rite in Reform Judaism: ▪ Jewish beliefs and practices in the reform movement#Prayer and liturgy ▪ Reform Judaism #Confirmation ceremonies ▪ Confirmation of a presidential nominee by the United States Senate; see advice and consent ▪ Confirmation holism, the claim that a single scientific theory cannot be tested in isolation ▪ Confirmation theory, in the philosophy of science, an extension by Donald A. Gillies of Karl Popper's theory of corroboration ▪ Confirmation, a bebop jazz music standard by Charlie Parker ▪ Tenure, at universities in Australia and New Zealand, referred to as confirmation ▪ Verificationism, adherence to the verification principle proposed by A.J. Ayer in Language, Truth and Logic "Confirm" might refer to: ▪ CONFIRM Project...

Definition of confirm in the English dictionary

The first definition of confirm in the dictionary is to prove to be true or valid; corroborate; verify. Other definition of confirm is to assert for a second or further time, so as to make more definite. Confirm is also to strengthen or make more firm.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CONFIRM

PRESENT

Present

I confirm

you confirm

he/she/it confirms

we confirm

you confirm

they confirm

Present continuous

I am confirming

you are confirming

he/she/it is confirming

we are confirming

you are confirming

they are confirming

Present perfect

I have confirmed

you have confirmed

he/she/it has confirmed

we have confirmed

you have confirmed

they have confirmed

Present perfect continuous

I have been confirming

you have been confirming

he/she/it has been confirming

we have been confirming

you have been confirming

they have been confirming

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I confirmed

you confirmed

he/she/it confirmed

we confirmed

you confirmed

they confirmed

Past continuous

I was confirming

you were confirming

he/she/it was confirming

we were confirming

you were confirming

they were confirming

Past perfect

I had confirmed

you had confirmed

he/she/it had confirmed

we had confirmed

you had confirmed

they had confirmed

Past perfect continuous

I had been confirming

you had been confirming

he/she/it had been confirming

we had been confirming

you had been confirming

they had been confirming

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will confirm

you will confirm

he/she/it will confirm

we will confirm

you will confirm

they will confirm

Future continuous

I will be confirming

you will be confirming

he/she/it will be confirming

we will be confirming

you will be confirming

they will be confirming

Future perfect

I will have confirmed

you will have confirmed

he/she/it will have confirmed

we will have confirmed

you will have confirmed

they will have confirmed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been confirming

you will have been confirming

he/she/it will have been confirming

we will have been confirming

you will have been confirming

they will have been confirming

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would confirm

you would confirm

he/she/it would confirm

we would confirm

you would confirm

they would confirm

Conditional continuous

I would be confirming

you would be confirming

he/she/it would be confirming

we would be confirming

you would be confirming

they would be confirming

Conditional perfect

I would have confirm

you would have confirm

he/she/it would have confirm

we would have confirm

you would have confirm

they would have confirm

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been confirming

you would have been confirming

he/she/it would have been confirming

we would have been confirming

you would have been confirming

they would have been confirming

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you confirm
we let´s confirm
you confirm

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to confirm

Past participle

confirmed

Present Participle

confirming

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «CONFIRM»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «confirm» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of confirm

affirm · approve · assert · asseverate · assure · attest · authenticate · authorize · aver · avouch · back up · bear out · certify · clinch · corroborate · declare · endorse · establish · fix · fortify · pronounce · prove · ratify · reinforce · sanction · secure · settle · state · strengthen · substantiate · support · testify · validate · verify

TRANSLATION OF CONFIRM

Find out the translation of confirm to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of confirm from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «confirm» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 确认
• Translator English - Spanish: confirmar
• English: confirm
• Translator English - Hindi: पुष्टि
• Translator English - Arabic: يُؤَكِّدُ عَلَى
• Translator English - Russian: подтверждать
• Translator English - Portuguese: confirmar
• Translator English - Bengali: নিশ্চিত করা
• Translator English - French: confirmer
• Translator English - Malay: Sahkan
• Translator English - German: bestätigen
• Translator English - Japanese: 確認する
• Translator English - Korean: 확인하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Konfirmasi
• Translator English - Vietnamese: xác nhận
• Translator English - Tamil: உறுதிப்படுத்த
• Translator English - Marathi: पुष्टी
• Translator English - Turkish: onaylamak
• Translator English - Italian: confermare
• Translator English - Polish: potwierdzić
• Translator English - Ukrainian: підтверджувати
• Translator English - Romanian: a confirma
• Translator English - Greek: επιβεβαιώνω
• Translator English - Afrikaans: bevestig
• Translator English - Swedish: bekräfta
• Translator English - Norwegian: bekrefte

10 QUOTES WITH «CONFIRM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word confirm.

1

Rick Atkinson

I conduct very few interviews with veterans. The contemporaneous, or near-contemporaneous, record for WWII is so spectacularly deep that latter-day recollections are largely unnecessary for a historian. Of course, in considering any account, I'm looking for additional sources that can confirm or enlarge that version of events.

2

Derek Bok

Economists who have studied the relationship between education and economic growth confirm what common sense suggests: The number of college degrees is not nearly as important as how well students develop cognitive skills, such as critical thinking and problem-solving ability.

3

Billy Campbell

If you were to ask my agent, they would confirm this: I'm drawn to locations. What really drew me to 'The 4400,' aside from the fact that it was sci-fi, was the fact that it was shot in the city of my dreams: Vancouver.

4

Alexander Cockburn

The First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it.

5

Paul Crouch

The statements of four witnesses of unquestioned integrity, traveling with me that day, attest that such comments were never made and confirm that it simply did not happen.

6

Daniel Dennett

We should get used to the idea that we'll probably never be able to find - and confirm - a good explanation of the ultimate origin of the universe, though I see no reason to believe that we can't press much further on this question than we have managed to date.

7

Lawrence Durrell

Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.

8

John Edward

I think that the majority of messages are validating messages to confirm the survival of conscious. And many times that validation message is negative or sad.

9

Howard Fineman

I know that from the days of Watergate... the notion of two sources on a story has become the popular dogma about how you confirm something. And there is a lot of truth to that, but there are all kinds of ways to check to the extent that you can, a story that you get.

10

Doug Flutie

Any game is important to me. At Boston College, when I went out for the spring games, I wanted to win. Maybe it is more important than other preseason games. It's just that everyone is expecting a lot from me in my first week of professional football. I want to confirm my expectations.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONFIRM»

Discover the use of confirm in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to confirm and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

MythBusters: Science Fair Book #2: Confirm or Bust!

Follow the book's step-by-step simple instrcutions, and you'll be able to bust or confirm myths just like Adam and Jamie on the popular MythBusters TV show from the Discovery Channel.

Samantha Margles, 2013

We Will Neither Confirm, Nor Deny

Retired staff sergeant Hi Holt's Amazing story of survival of B-36 crash, capture, and pentagon cover-up via 35 year vow of silence. Join Hi in his quest for "veterans rights" and justice.

Hi Holt, Bob Schmidt, 2002

A glance will tell you & a dream confirm

One of Ireland's best-known playwrights, this is his third collection from The Dedalus Press, "short, finely crafted lyrics. They reveal a quieter side of the author's extrovert personality. Quite enjoyable". -- Irish Press.

Tom Mac Intyre, 1994

52 Discussions to Confirm the Faith of Your Teenagers

If you re tired of the Christianese answers you re getting from the teens in your youth group, challenge them to discuss issues of faith and discover what they believe.

David Lynn, Rick Davis, 2009

Louis Napoleon the Infidel Antichrist predicted in prophecy ...

w LOUIS NAPULEUN ' THE INFIDEL ANTICHRIST PREDICTED IN PROPHECY TO CONFIRM A SEVEN YEARS COVENANT WITH THE JEWS. ABOUT THE YEAR 1861, AND NEARLY TO SUCCEED IN GAINING A UNIVERSAL EMPIRE;  ...

Michael Paget BAXTER, 1861

Reasons We Believe: 50 Lines of Evidence That Confirm the ...

This resource reinforces one's personal faith and provides a clear, concise, evangelistic tool to help share that faith with others.

Nathan Busenitz, 2008

An Act to Confirm and Establish an Agreement for Dividing ...

Great Britain. Parliament. out of, or in respect of which shall be payable that Dividend, Share or Proportion of the said Rents or yearly Sums, which shall be so behind or unpaid respectively; and the Distress and Distresses, from time to time*  ...

Great Britain. Parliament, 1755

Neither confirm nor deny: the nuclear ships dispute between ...

The events leading up to this refusal, the refusal itself, and later developments relating to it are the subject of this book. The book is divided into four sections.

Stuart McMillan, 1987

ESEC '89: 2nd European Software Engineering Conference, ...

An obvious example is the Confirm operation, whose completion depends on activity in the partner program. For instance suppose program alpha at node London has used Send_Data on view 3, and now uses the Confirm operation on the ...

Carlo Ghezzi, John A. McDermid, 1989

Reading Strategies for Mathematics

J Background Information Imagine, Elaborate, Predict, and Confirm (IEPC) is a mental imagery strategy combined with prediction that helps students comprehend text better and improve the details in their writing. It requires students to use ...

Trisha Brummer, Stephanie Macceca, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONFIRM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term confirm is used in the context of the following news items.

Tottenham confirm signing of Toby Alderweireld from Atlético Madrid

Toby Alderweireld. who spent last season on loan at Southampton, has joined Tottenham from Atlético Madrid. Photograph: Dean ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

Tokyo confirm signing of Australia's Burns

(Reuters) – FC Tokyo boosted their attacking options with the signing of forwards Nathan Burns and Francisco Sandaza on Wednesday as the J-League club ... «euronews, Jul 15»

Quebec authorities confirm that Arthur Porter is dead

Arthur Porter, the internationally renowned doctor who became embroiled in alleged fraud in recent years, was confirmed dead Tuesday, ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»

'Downs confirm technical team changes

Cape Town - There have been some changes in the Mamelodi Sundowns technical team ahead of the 2015/16 season. According to the club's ... «Sport24, Jul 15»

Tottenham set to confirm transfer of Toby Alderweireld despite …

Tottenham are ready to defy Southampton by confirming £11.5million Toby Alderweireld as their player within the next 72 hours - despite the ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»

UPDATE: Nogales officials confirm drug tunnel

Later on Tuesday night, they were able to confirm the bundles they had seen on Monday were bundles of marijuana. One official said using the ... «Tucson News Now, Jul 15»

Land officials confirm finding of urn niches in redeveloped Tung …

Land officials have confirmed that wooden shelves stacked in redeveloped Tung Chung village houses were urn niches and subject to a ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»

Budget: Osborne to confirm Yorkshire devolution talks

It is expected the Chancellor will confirm devolution discussions have begun with two groups of Yorkshire councils, putting them at the front of ... «Yorkshire Post, Jul 15»

Najib's lawyers ask WSJ to confirm allegations of 'misappropriation'

KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 — Lawyers representing Prime Minister Najib Razak are asking the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) to confirm if it accused ... «TODAYonline, Jul 15»

Losing friends on Facebook? There's an app to confirm that

If you're worried that the long list of Facebook friends you've been carefully cultivating may be thinning out, there's now an app to tell you who ... «ITV News, Jul 15»