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{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "infirm"
},
{
"word": "disconfirm"
},
{
"word": "deny"
},
{
"word": "dispute"
},
{
"word": "contradict"
},
{
"word": "question"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "misconfirm"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "reconfirm"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yue",
"2": "firm",
"der": "1",
"tr": "foem1"
},
"expansion": "⇒ Cantonese: firm (foem1)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "⇒ Cantonese: firm (foem1)"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*dʰer-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "confirmen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English confirmen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "confermen"
},
"expansion": "confermen",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "confermer"
},
"expansion": "Old French confermer",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "confirmo",
"4": "cōnfirmāre",
"5": "to make firm, strengthen, establish"
},
"expansion": "Latin cōnfirmāre (“to make firm, strengthen, establish”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "con-",
"3": "",
"4": "together"
},
"expansion": "con- (“together”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "firmo",
"3": "firmāre",
"4": "to make firm"
},
"expansion": "firmāre (“to make firm”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "firmus",
"3": "",
"4": "firm"
},
"expansion": "firmus (“firm”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English confirmen, confermen, from Old French confermer, from Latin cōnfirmāre (“to make firm, strengthen, establish”), from con- (“together”) + firmāre (“to make firm”), from firmus (“firm”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "confirms",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "confirming",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "confirmed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "confirmed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "confirm (third-person singular simple present confirms, present participle confirming, simple past and past participle confirmed)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"con‧firm"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "confirmability"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "confirmation"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "verify"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "corroborate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "establish"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "prove"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To strengthen; to make firm or resolute."
],
"id": "en-confirm-en-verb-lRwyFWbR",
"links": [
[
"strengthen",
"strengthen"
],
[
"firm",
"firm"
],
[
"resolute",
"resolute"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podkrépjam",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подкре́пям"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ukrépvam",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "укре́пвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ukrépna",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "укре́пна"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "confirmar"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "bestyrke"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "bekræfte"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "vahvistaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "confirmar"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "tulgjan",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "𐍄𐌿𐌻𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "megerősít"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "véglegesít"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "daingnigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "uṟappākkuka",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "ഉറപ്പാക്കുക"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "whakaturuma"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "fermen"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "confermen"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "bekrefte"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "stadfeste"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "bekrefte"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "stadfeste"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "firmar"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "confirma"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ukrepljátʹ",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "укрепля́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ukrepítʹ",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "укрепи́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "usílivatʹ",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "уси́ливать"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "usílitʹ",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "уси́лить"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "учвр́стити"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "утвр́дити"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "učvŕstiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "utvŕditi"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "bekräfta"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Christianity",
"orig": "en:Christianity",
"parents": [
"Abrahamism",
"Religion",
"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 215",
"text": "She pulled through with the boy till he was confirmed; but then she told him that she could not feed him any longer; he would have to go out and earn his own bread.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 35",
"text": "Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII, was baptized and confirmed at the age of three days.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone)."
],
"id": "en-confirm-en-verb-tUEmda8-",
"links": [
[
"Christianity",
"Christianity"
],
[
"administer",
"administer"
],
[
"sacrament",
"sacrament"
],
[
"confirmation",
"confirmation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, Christianity) To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"Christianity"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "10 82 8",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "confirmar"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 82 8",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "biřmovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 82 8",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "bekræfte"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 82 8",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "konfirmere"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 82 8",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "bevestigen"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 82 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "konfirmoida"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 82 8",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "confirmar"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 82 8",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dadasṭureba",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "დადასტურება"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 82 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "bestätigen"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 82 8",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "bérmál"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 82 8",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "konfirmál"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 82 8",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "ferma"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 82 8",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "cresimare"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 82 8",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "ratihabeo"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 82 8",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "bestätegen"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 82 8",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "whakaū"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 82 8",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "confermen"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 82 8",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "bekrefte"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 82 8",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "konfirmere"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 82 8",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "konfirmere"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 82 8",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "bierzmować"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 82 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "confirmar"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 82 8",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "confirma"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 82 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podtverždátʹ",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подтвержда́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 82 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podtverdítʹ",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подтверди́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 82 8",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "krȉzmati"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 82 8",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "confirmar"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 82 8",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "befästa"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 82 8",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "bekräfta"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 82 8",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "konfirmera"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 82 8",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidtvérdžuvaty",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "підтве́рджувати"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 82 8",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidtvérdyty",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "підтве́рдити"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 82 8",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "stvérdžuvaty",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "стве́рджувати"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Protheans: Data Discs Codex entry",
"text": "Despite all the evidence confirming the existence of the Protheans, little is known about their culture and society. From time to time, dig sites will yield new clues, but after 50,000 years of decay, little of value is unearthed.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2019 March 18, Steven Pifer, Five years after Crimea’s illegal annexation, the issue is no closer to resolution, The Center for International Security and Cooperation",
"text": "The little green men were clearly professional soldiers by their bearing, carried Russian weapons, and wore Russian combat fatigues, but they had no identifying insignia. Vladimir Putin originally denied they were Russian soldiers; that April, he confirmed they were.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 53",
"text": "Transport Minister Marples, meanwhile, used arrogant rhetoric and showed his personal contempt for railways when confirming in Parliament that a third of the network was to be closed even before the survey results were known.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To assure the accuracy of previous statements."
],
"id": "en-confirm-en-verb-SVuLmFV5",
"links": [
[
"assure",
"assure"
],
[
"accuracy",
"accuracy"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "5 3 92",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "vërtetoj"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 92",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔakkada",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "أَكَّدَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 92",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔaṯbata",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "أَثْبَتَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 92",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "havastiacʻnel",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "հավաստիացնել"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 92",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "təsdiqləmək"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 92",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "təsdiq etmək"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 92",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pacvjardžácʹ",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "пацвярджа́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 92",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pacvjerdzícʹ",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "пацвердзі́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 92",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "potvǎrždávam",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "потвържда́вам"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 92",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "potvǎrdjá",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "потвърдя́"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 92",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "utvǎrždávam",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "утвържда́вам"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 92",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "utvǎrdjá",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "утвърдя́"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 92",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "a.tanypru.",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "အတည်ပြု"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 92",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "confirmar"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 92",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "證實"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 92",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhèngshí",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "证实"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 92",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "確認"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 92",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "quèrèn",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "确认"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 92",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "potvrzovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 92",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "potvrdit"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 92",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "forvisse"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 92",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to assure",
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{
"word": "confirmation"
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{
"word": "corroborate"
},
{
"word": "establish"
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{
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"ref": "1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 215",
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"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 35",
"text": "Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII, was baptized and confirmed at the age of three days.",
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}
],
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"To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone)."
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[
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],
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"ref": "2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Protheans: Data Discs Codex entry",
"text": "Despite all the evidence confirming the existence of the Protheans, little is known about their culture and society. From time to time, dig sites will yield new clues, but after 50,000 years of decay, little of value is unearthed.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2019 March 18, Steven Pifer, Five years after Crimea’s illegal annexation, the issue is no closer to resolution, The Center for International Security and Cooperation",
"text": "The little green men were clearly professional soldiers by their bearing, carried Russian weapons, and wore Russian combat fatigues, but they had no identifying insignia. Vladimir Putin originally denied they were Russian soldiers; that April, he confirmed they were.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 53",
"text": "Transport Minister Marples, meanwhile, used arrogant rhetoric and showed his personal contempt for railways when confirming in Parliament that a third of the network was to be closed even before the survey results were known.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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[
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}
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"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podkrépjam",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подкре́пям"
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{
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ukrépvam",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "укре́пвам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ukrépna",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "укре́пна"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "confirmar"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "bestyrke"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "bekræfte"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "vahvistaa"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "confirmar"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "tulgjan",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "𐍄𐌿𐌻𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "megerősít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "véglegesít"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "daingnigh"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "uṟappākkuka",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "ഉറപ്പാക്കുക"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "whakaturuma"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "fermen"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "confermen"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "bekrefte"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "stadfeste"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "bekrefte"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "stadfeste"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "firmar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "confirma"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ukrepljátʹ",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "укрепля́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ukrepítʹ",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "укрепи́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "usílivatʹ",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "уси́ливать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "usílitʹ",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "уси́лить"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "учвр́стити"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "утвр́дити"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "učvŕstiti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "utvŕditi"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to strengthen",
"word": "bekräfta"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "confirmar"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "biřmovat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "bekræfte"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "konfirmere"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "bevestigen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "konfirmoida"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "confirmar"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dadasṭureba",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "დადასტურება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "bestätigen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "bérmál"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "konfirmál"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "ferma"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "cresimare"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "ratihabeo"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "bestätegen"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "whakaū"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "confermen"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "bekrefte"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "konfirmere"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "konfirmere"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "bierzmować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "confirmar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "confirma"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podtverždátʹ",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подтвержда́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podtverdítʹ",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подтверди́ть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "krȉzmati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "confirmar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "befästa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "bekräfta"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "konfirmera"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidtvérdžuvaty",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "підтве́рджувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidtvérdyty",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "підтве́рдити"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "stvérdžuvaty",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "стве́рджувати"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "vërtetoj"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔakkada",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "أَكَّدَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔaṯbata",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "أَثْبَتَ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "havastiacʻnel",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "հավաստիացնել"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "təsdiqləmək"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "təsdiq etmək"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pacvjardžácʹ",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "пацвярджа́ць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pacvjerdzícʹ",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "пацвердзі́ць"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "potvǎrždávam",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "потвържда́вам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "potvǎrdjá",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "потвърдя́"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "utvǎrždávam",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "утвържда́вам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "utvǎrdjá",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "утвърдя́"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "a.tanypru.",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "အတည်ပြု"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "confirmar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "證實"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhèngshí",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "证实"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "確認"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "quèrèn",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "确认"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "potvrzovat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "potvrdit"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "forvisse"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "forsikre"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "bekræfte"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "bevestigen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "beamen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "konfirmi"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "kinnitama"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "tõendama"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "vahvistaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "confirmer"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "confirmar"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dadasṭureba",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "დადასტურება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "bestätigen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "bekräftigen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "epivevaióno",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "επιβεβαιώνω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "oristikopoió",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "οριστικοποιώ"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "bebaióō",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "βεβαιόω"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "puṣṭi karnā",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "पुष्टि करना"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "megerősít"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "staðfesta"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "verigar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "confermare"
},
{
"alt": "かくにんする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kakunin suru",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "確認する"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "däleldeu",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "дәлелдеу"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "rastau",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "растау"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kɑmcŏəp",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "កំជាប់"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "bɑɑbɑñcĕək",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "បញ្ជាក់"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hwaginhada",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "확인하다"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "ırastoo",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "ырастоо"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "yư̄n yan",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "ຢືນຢັນ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "confirmō"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "apstiprināt"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "patvirtinti"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "potvrduva",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "потврдува"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "potvrdi",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "потврди"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "mengesahkan"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "sthirīkarikkuka",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "സ്ഥിരീകരിക്കുക"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "whakakoia"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "fermen"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "confermen"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "batlax",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "батлах"
},
{
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "uswadikisha"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "confirmer"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "bekfrefte"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "forsikre om"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "forsikre om"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "bekrefte"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ta'yid kardan",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "تایید کردن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tasdiq kardan",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "تصدیق کردن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "potwierdzać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "potwierdzić"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "confirmar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "a confirma"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podtverždátʹ",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подтвержда́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podtverdítʹ",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подтверди́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podkrepljátʹ",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подкрепля́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podkrepítʹ",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подкрепи́ть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "потврђи́вати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "потвр́дити"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "potvrđívati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "potvŕditi"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "potvrdzovať"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "potvrdiť"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "potrjevati"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "potrditi"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "confirmar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "konfirmera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "försäkra"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "bekräfta"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "tasdiq kardan",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "тасдиқ кардан"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "yʉʉn-yan",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "ยืนยัน"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "onaylamak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "tasdik etmek"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidtvérdžuvaty",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "підтве́рджувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidtvérdyty",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "підтве́рдити"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidkripljáty",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "підкріпля́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidkripýty",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "підкріпи́ти"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "tasdīq karnā",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "تصدیق کرنا"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "tasdiqlamoq"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "xác nhận"
}
],
"word": "confirm"
}
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"English terms with audio links",
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"word": "confirm plus chop"
}
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"name": "inh"
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{
"args": {
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"name": "m"
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{
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},
{
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"2": "la",
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"4": "cōnfirmāre",
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{
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"3": "",
"4": "together"
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"name": "m"
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "firmo",
"3": "firmāre",
"4": "to make firm"
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"expansion": "firmāre (“to make firm”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "firmus",
"3": "",
"4": "firm"
},
"expansion": "firmus (“firm”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English confirmen, confermen, from Old French confermer, from Latin cōnfirmāre (“to make firm, strengthen, establish”), from con- (“together”) + firmāre (“to make firm”), from firmus (“firm”).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adv",
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"Singlish"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "This is confirm not my handwriting.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2006, DanielS, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet)",
"text": "That ex-lecturer-to-be confirm gone case liao.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"For sure, definitely."
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"for sure"
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],
"tags": [
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"not-comparable"
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"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
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"ipa": "/kənˈfɝm/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
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"audio": "en-us-confirm.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b3/En-us-confirm.ogg/En-us-confirm.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/En-us-confirm.ogg",
"tags": [
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "confirme"
}
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}
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"msg": "possible sense number in translation item: Hebrew: __IGNORE__ (3)",
"path": [
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],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "confirm",
"trace": ""
}
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"called_from": "translations/324",
"msg": "possible sense number in translation item: Italian: __IGNORE__ (1), __IGNORE__ (2)",
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],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "confirm",
"trace": ""
}
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