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confirmed

adjective

Simple meaning

Having a settled habit.

Pronunciation

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kuhnfurmd

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IPA pronunciation (US)

kənˈfɝmd

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

adjective

  1. formal

    Having a settled habit; inveterate or habitual.

  2. Christianity

    Having been established or made firm or received the rite of confirmation

  3. Verified or ratified.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
A2 · Elementary (estimated)
Frequency
Common
Typical Use
Everyday English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: (formal) Having a settled habit; inveterate or habitual.

Used this way, confirmed is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in academic writing contexts.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Formal
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
No strong connotation
Usage feel
Formal and precise

Where it naturally appears

  • Academic writing

Usage note

Comfortable in writing and prepared speech; in casual conversation a shorter everyday word usually sounds more natural.

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More ways to use confirmed

  • “The children were confirmed in their mother's faith.”verb

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further confirmedfully confirmedlater confirmed

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Similar Words, What’s the Difference?

Close in meaning, but not always interchangeable.

  • chronic

    Inveterate or habitual.

  • addicted

    Compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming.

  • inveterate

    Having had a habit (usually a bad habit) for a long time.

Word Family

Related forms, grouped by how they connect.

Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

  • confirmverbBase word

    Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts.

Word family

Words built from the same root.

  • confirmationnounDerived noun · specialist

    Additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct.

More about this wordSynonyms, forms, origin

Synonyms

Sense: having a settled habit

inveteratehabitual

Antonyms

Sense: having a settled habit

unconfirmed

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