confirms
verb
Form of confirm , third-person singular of confirm.
Simple meaning
Strengthen or make more firm.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
kuhnfurmzSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
kənˈfɝmz
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
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verb
third-person singular of confirm
Strengthen or make more firm
third-person singular of confirm
To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.
third-person singular of confirm
Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
third-person singular of confirm
Administer the rite of confirmation to
Word Aura™
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Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Strengthen or make more firm
Used this way, confirms is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- No strong connotation
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
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Word Family
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Inflected forms
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Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts.
Word family
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Additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct.
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