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confirm   Show phonetics
verb [T]
1 TRUE to say or show that something is true
The report could not be confirmed independently.
[+ (that)] His wife confirmed that he'd left the house at 8.

2 CERTAIN to make an arrangement certain
Flights should be confirmed 48 hours before departure.

3 be confirmed to become a member of the Christian Church at a special ceremony

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