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# confirm

«confirm» in Mova's school dictionary: **to show or say that it is definitely true or correct** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confirm/#m1)

2) To confirm a plan, booking or time is to say that it will definitely happen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confirm/#m2)

3) In some Christian churches, to confirm someone is to accept them as a full member in a ceremony. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confirm/#m3)

4) Confirmed describes someone who has long held a habit or belief and is unlikely to change. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confirm/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confirm/#x1)
- The doctor confirmed that my arm was broken. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confirm/#x2)
- Please confirm the time of the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confirm/#x3)
- The test results confirmed our guess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confirm/#x4)
- Mum phoned to confirm our table at the restaurant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confirm/#x5)
- The teacher confirmed that the trip was on Friday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confirm/#x6)
- Can you confirm your email address? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confirm/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what/15/)
- [Is it confirmed, or still coming in?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion/3/)
- [Shocking pictures should be confirmed by trusted news before you believe or share them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/22-news-jobs-art-safety/10/)
- [There are no confirmed cases of wild orcas killing a person.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/313-whales-by-kind-the-toothed-whales-sperm-whale-orca-beluga-and-beaked-whales/11/)
- [In confirmation a person confirms for themselves the promises made at their baptism, often with a bishop laying hands on them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «confirm» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confirm/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.