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CONFIRMED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of persons; not subject to change
Example:
a confirmed invalid
Classified under:
Similar:
unchangeable (not changeable or subject to change)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having been established or made firm or received the rite of confirmation
Example:
a confirmed Catholic
Classified under:
Similar:
official (verified officially)
Antonym:
unconfirmed (not finally established or settled)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb confirm
Context examples:
Miss Bennet's lovely face confirmed his views, and established all his strictest notions of what was due to seniority; and for the first evening she was his settled choice.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
And if these results are confirmed in another setting, that would mean that it would be very reasonable … to go forward with developing perhaps a more targeted vaccine.
(Vaccine for Meningitis Shows Some Protection Against Gonorrhea, VOA)
It has revealed that there are macrofibril structures with a diameter exceeding 10 nanometres in both softwood and hardwood species, and confirmed they are common across all trees studied.
(Revealing the nanostructure of wood could help raise height limits for wooden skyscrapers, University of Cambridge)
In the follow-up study, the researchers confirmed that as the children with hearing loss grew older, their brain responses changed.
(Mild-to-moderate hearing loss in children leads to changes in how brain processes sound, University of Cambridge)
These follow-up observations confirmed the presence of hydrogen, oxygen and sulphur associated with the white dwarf.
(First Giant Planet around White Dwarf Found, ESO)
The researchers confirmed that the woman in this case carried the PSEN1 E280A mutation, which caused early-onset Alzheimer’s in her other family members.
(Unique case of disease resistance reveals possible Alzheimer’s treatment, National Institutes of Health)
They confirmed that transplantation of the bacteria caused severe liver disease in mice.
(Bacteriophage therapy may ease severity of alcoholic hepatitis, National Institutes of Health)
This may happen to adult people as well, the coordinator confirmed.
(Zika virus found to harm adults’ memory and motor system, Agência Brasil/EBC)
In one crater that is partially sunlit, Dawn's infrared mapping spectrometer confirmed the presence of ice.
(Where is the Ice on Ceres?, NASA)
The documentary claims expert analysis confirmed these streaks likely signify a large fire in a fuel store.
(UK documentary claims fire weakened RMS Titanic, Wikinews)
