confirm
part of speech
verb (confirm, confirms, confirmed, confirming)
meaning for a pupil
1) To confirm something is to show or say that it is definitely true or correct. tree →
2) To confirm a plan, booking or time is to say that it will definitely happen. tree →
3) In some Christian churches, to confirm someone is to accept them as a full member in a ceremony. tree →
4) Confirmed describes someone who has long held a habit or belief and is unlikely to change. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science, a second experiment can confirm a result; in maths, you confirm an answer by checking it another way, for example by adding back after subtracting. In everyday life you confirm a booking, an appointment or a party invitation. Safety online: confirm who someone is before you trust them. Phrases: confirm that, confirm a booking, confirmed by.
examples
- Check your answer to confirm that it is right. tree →
- The doctor confirmed that my arm was broken. tree →
- Please confirm the time of the party. tree →
- The test results confirmed our guess. tree →
- Mum phoned to confirm our table at the restaurant. tree →
- The teacher confirmed that the trip was on Friday. tree →
- Can you confirm your email address? tree →
note
Regular verb: confirmed, confirming. Noun: confirmation. Trap: to confirm is to show something is true, not to make it true. «Unconfirmed» news may not be true.
In the corpora
- The confirmed part of a street story is what someone actually saw, like a car parked in a space on Tuesday.
- Is it confirmed, or still coming in?
- Shocking pictures should be confirmed by trusted news before you believe or share them.
- There are no confirmed cases of wild orcas killing a person.
- In confirmation a person confirms for themselves the promises made at their baptism, often with a bishop laying hands on them.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «confirm» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.