Confirm meaning

What does “confirm” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“confirm” is a verb with 5 meanings. Its most common meaning is: establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts.

confirm

establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
“his story confirmed my doubts”
“The evidence supports the defendant”
Synonymscorroborate sustain substantiate support affirm
strengthen or make more firm
“The witnesses confirmed the victim's account”
Synonymsreassert
make more firm
“Confirm thy soul in self-control!”
support a person for a position
“The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense”
administer the rite of confirmation to
“the children were confirmed in their mother's faith”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University