Tra từ confirm - Từ điển WordNet v3.1

verb

1. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts (Freq. 18)
- his story confirmed my doubts
- The evidence supports the defendant
• Syn:
corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm
• Ant:
negate (for: affirm)
• Derivationally related forms:
affirmable (for: affirm), affirmation (for: affirm), support (for: support), substantiative (for: substantiate), substantiation (for: substantiate), sustainable (for: sustain), corroborative (for: corroborate), corroboratory (for: corroborate), corroboration (for: corroborate), confirmative, confirmatory, confirmation
• Hyponyms:
back, back up, vouch, verify, prove,
demonstrate, establish, show, shew, document, validate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
2. strengthen or make more firm (Freq. 5)
- The witnesses confirmed the victim's account
• Syn:
reassert
• Derivationally related forms:
reassertion (for: reassert), confirmatory, confirmation
• Hypernyms:
affirm
• Hyponyms:
uphold, maintain, justify, warrant, verify,
validate, corroborate, reconfirm
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- They confirm that there was a traffic accident
3. make more firm (Freq. 2)
- Confirm thy soul in self-control!
• Hypernyms:
strengthen, beef up, fortify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. support a person for a position (Freq. 1)
- The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense
• Derivationally related forms:
confirmation
• Hypernyms:
approve, O.K., okay, sanction
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
5. administer the rite of confirmation to
- the children were confirmed in their mother's faith
• Topics:
religion, faith, organized religion
• Hypernyms:
covenant
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody