CONFIRM as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • make more firm
    Usage Example(s)
    • Confirm thy soul in self-control!
    Hypernyms(s) confirm is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • his story confirmed my doubts
    • The evidence supports the defendant
    Antonym(s) Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  3. Meaning
    • strengthen or make more firm
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • The witnesses confirmed the victim’’s account
    Hypernyms(s) confirm is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  4. Meaning
    • administer the rite of confirmation to
    Usage Example(s)
    • the children were confirmed in their mother’’s faith
    Hypernyms(s) confirm is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  5. Meaning
    • as of a person to a position
    Usage Example(s)
    • The Senate confirmed the President’’s candidate for Secretary of Defense
    Hypernyms(s) confirm is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)