Synonym: O.K., establish, prove, substantiate, verify. Antonym: contradict, deny, disprove. Similar words: on fire, confident, firm, firmly, confuse, confess, confront, conflict. Meaning: [kən'fɜːm] 
v. 1. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts 2. strengthen or make more firm 3. make more firm 4. support a person for a position 5. administer the rite of confirmation to.
v. 1. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts 2. strengthen or make more firm 3. make more firm 4. support a person for a position 5. administer the rite of confirmation to. 
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91. Mr. Townsend Will my right hon. Friend confirm that that excellent facility is not supported from the aid budget?
92. In fieldwork, you are really looking for anything that might confirm the existence of a ley.
93. The Prime Minister I can confirm the hon. Gentleman's remarks about the protocol.
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94. Our continuing studies confirm a previous report that spread of individual strains occurs within regional centres.
95. At first blush, this discovery seems to confirm his theory.
96. The data of Jean Ginsburg and Paul Hardiman confirm our findings of declining semen quality.
97. The technique can also be used to confirm or refute current theories.
98. Finally the letter must confirm the agreed date by which the report will be delivered.
99. These matters confirm me in the view already expressed that the disturbance complained of in this case is not actionable.
100. Sure enough, to confirm our worst fears, the wind grew stronger in the evening.
101. Please confirm that you are able to make it to my personal assistant.
102. Mr. Clark I am glad to confirm that an announcement about this order will be made shortly.
103. The chief means of proactive enforcement is routine sampling, which will bring to light or confirm the existence of persistent pollutions.
104. Because Burns refused to discuss intelligence issues, he did not confirm or deny the existence of the intelligence report.
105. A prison department spokeswoman was unable to confirm whether anyone had been hurt.
106. The Prime Minister I can confirm that it was an excellent Commonwealth conference.
107. Figure 6.1 Experiments are needed to confirm that any particular structure of behaviour pattern functions as a signal.
108. Nasal swabs or swabs taken directly from discharging abscesses can be cultured to confirm the presence of the casual bacteria.
109. High-precision calibration curves now exist which confirm the two features apparent in Suess's curve.
110. Other parishioners successfully petitioned the House of Lords in 1643 to confirm his appointment.
111. Doctors can usually hear pneumonia, he says, and an X-ray can confirm the diagnosis.
112. Generally, our results confirm some of the findings from invitro studies.
113. But the outburst served to confirm the extent of his alienation from reality.
114. The depression of the late 1920s and chronic unemployment appeared to confirm Malthusian pessimism.
115. The discovery seems to confirm that people lived here over 10,000 years ago.
116. Modern studies of Mars confirm the seasonal variations of the surface brightness, but without biological intervention.
117. Conventional allergists use skin tests to confirm the diagnosis, not to make it.
118. Perhaps I can confirm what he said by reference to one statistic.
119. To confirm the fact was a serious security breach in itself.
120. And I certainly would not be there to confirm or deny it.
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