English Online Dictionary. What means confirm? What does confirm mean?
English
Alternative forms
- confirme (obsolete)
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”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kənˈfɜːm/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kənˈfɝm/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m
- Hyphenation: con‧firm
Verb
confirm (third-person singular simple present confirms, present participle confirming, simple past and past participle confirmed)
- To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.
- (transitive, Christianity) To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone).
- To assure the accuracy of previous statements.
- (transitive) To approve a proposal or nomination.
Synonyms
- (strengthen): See also Thesaurus:strengthen
Antonyms
- infirm
- disconfirm
- deny
- dispute
- contradict
- question
Derived terms
Related terms
- confirmability
- confirmation
Descendants
- ⇒ Cantonese: firm (foem1)
Translations
See also
- verify
- corroborate
- establish
- prove
Adverb
confirm (not comparable)
- (Singlish, Manglish) For sure, definitely.
Derived terms
- confirm plus chop
Further reading
- “confirm”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “confirm”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “confirm”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.