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# confirm

verb (confirm, confirms, confirmed, confirming)

«confirm» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To confirm something is to show or say that it is definitely true or correct. [tree →](https://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://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confirm/#m4)

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

In the Psalms and Esther, to confirm means to make firm, to make a promise or decree stand. The psalmist swears and confirms his oath, and asks God to confirm His word.

**Interpretation.** Tradition teaches that Purim was confirmed in writing by Esther and Mordecai, so it became a lasting holiday. Sefer Yetzirah uses "confirm" for proof by faithful witnesses.

### Examples

- To confirm this there are faithful witnesses; the world, year and man, the twelve, the Equipoise, the heptade, which God regulates like the Dragon, \[40\] (Tali) sphere and the heart. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/confirm/#x1)
- I have sworn, and have confirmed it, to observe Thy righteous ordinances. (Writings PSA.119.106, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/confirm/#x2)
- Confirm Thy word unto Thy servant, which pertaineth unto the fear of Thee. (Writings PSA.119.38, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/confirm/#x3)
- And the commandment of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book. (Writings EST.9.32, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/confirm/#x4)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «confirm» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confirm/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «confirm» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/confirm/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«confirm» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/confirm.html) on Mova free.