Confirmed Confirm Rumours Job Losses Write They’re Coming

• rumours of job losses were later confirmed
• his guilty expression confirmed my suspicions.
• please write to confirm your reservation (= say that it is definite).
• has everyone confirmed (that) they’re coming?

confirm

1. to state or show that something is definitely true or correct, especially by providing evidence
• Rumours of job losses were later confirmed
• His guilty expression confirmed my suspicions.
• Please write to confirm your reservation (= say that it is definite).
• Has everyone confirmed (that) they’re coming?
• Can you confirm what happened?
• It has been confirmed that the meeting will take place next week.
2. to make somebody feel or believe something even more strongly
• The walk in the mountains confirmed his fear of heights.
3. to make a position, an agreement, etc. more definite or official; to establish somebody/something firmly
• After a six-month probationary period, her position was confirmed.
• He was confirmed as captain for the rest of the season.
• I'm very happy to confirm you in your post.
4. to make somebody a full member of the Christian Church
• She was baptized when she was a month old and confirmed when she was thirteen.

Extra Examples

• I wanted to find a way to experimentally confirm the results.
• The plans were officially confirmed yesterday.
• These new symptoms tend to confirm my original diagnosis.
• These results were independently confirmed in a study of 48 patients.
• This latest tragedy merely confirms my view that the law must be tightened.
• Your veterinarian will suggest some tests to help confirm the diagnosis.
• Both teams played badly, which confirms the impression left by earlier games.
• Has everyone confirmed that they’re coming?
• It has been confirmed that Moore’s next fight will be against Michael Jones.
• Please write to confirm your reservation.
• Rumours of job losses were later confirmed.
• The doctor confirmed my suspicions and prescribed an antibiotic.
• The results confirm the findings of our earlier research.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they confirm
• he / she / it confirms
• past simple confirmed
• past participle confirmed
• -ing form confirming

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French confermer, from Latin confirmare, from con- ‘together’ + firmare ‘strengthen’ (from firmus ‘firm’).