confirm
/kənˈfəːm/
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kən - ˈfəːm -> confirm
(v) အတည်ပြုသည်။ confirms, confirmed, confirming
၁။ အတည်ပြုသည်။ ခိုင်မာစေသည်။
The rumours of an attack were later confirmed. ❍ The announcement confirmed my suspicions. ❍ Please write to confirm your reservation (ie say that it is definite). ❍ When asked, she confirmed that she was going to retire.
၂။ (က) ~ sth; ~ sb (in sth) ပို၍စွဲမြဲ ယုံကြည်သွားစေသည်။ The incident confirmed (him in) his dislike of dogs.
(ခ) (ရာထူးခန့်အပ်မှု၊ သဘောတူညီချက် စသည်) အတည်ပြုသည်၊ အခိုင်အမာဖြစ်သည်။ He has been confirmed as captain for the rest of the season. ❍ After a six-month probationary period, her appointment was confirmed. အစမ်းခန့်ကာလ(၆)လ ကုန်ပြီးနောက် ရာထူး တွင် အမြဲတမ်းခန့်လိုက်သည်။
၃။ (usu passive) ခရစ်ယာန် အသင်းတော်သို့ တင်းပြည့်အသင်းဝင်အဖြစ် ဝင်ခွင့်ပြုသည်။ She was baptized when she was a month old and confirmed when she was thirteen.
❏ confirmed adj အရိုးစွဲနေသော။ အသားကျနေသော။ a confirmed bachelor (ie a single man who is unlikely to marry) ❍ a confirmed drunkard/gambler.
- The study confirms the findings of earlier research.
- Please bring something with you that confirms your identity.
- [confirm (that)] : The doctor may do a test to confirm that you are pregnant.
- [confirm someone’s suspicions] : Their strange behaviour was enough to confirm my suspicions.
- [confirm someone’s fears] : When she saw the letter her worst fears were confirmed.
- [confirm someone in their belief/view/determination etc] : His words confirmed me in my belief that our cause was right.
- We cannot confirm the number of jobs that will be lost.
- [confirm that] : The head teacher confirmed that two pupils had been expelled.
- The date of the meeting is still to be confirmed.
- You can make an appointment now, and then call nearer the time to confirm.
- The parliament’s decision still has to be confirmed in a referendum.
- Nigel Hill was yesterday confirmed as the new chief executive.
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