"affirm" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /əˈfɝm/ [General-American], /əˈfɜːm/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-affirm.ogg [US] Forms: affirms [present, singular, third-person], affirming [participle, present], affirmed [participle, past], affirmed [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m Etymology: From Middle English affermen, from Old French afermer, affermer, from Latin affirmare, adfirmare (“to present as fixed, aver, affirm”), from ad (“to”) + firmare (“to make firm”), from firmus (“firm”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰer-}}, {{inh|en|enm|affermen}} Middle English affermen, {{der|en|fro|afermer}} Old French afermer, {{m|fro|affermer}} affermer, {{der|en|la|affirmare}} Latin affirmare, {{m|la|adfirmare|t=to present as fixed, aver, affirm}} adfirmare (“to present as fixed, aver, affirm”), {{m|la|ad||to}} ad (“to”), {{m|la|firmare||to make firm}} firmare (“to make firm”), {{m|la|firmus||firm}} firmus (“firm”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} affirm (third-person singular simple present affirms, present participle affirming, simple past and past participle affirmed)
  1. To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively. Translations (to agree with or verify): 承认 (chéngrèn) (Chinese Mandarin), 肯定 (kěndìng) (Chinese Mandarin), bejae (Danish), vahvistaa (Finnish), afirmar (Galician), zustimmen (German), bejahen (German), bestätigen (German), βεβαιώ (vevaió) (Greek), επιβεβαιώνω (epivevaióno) (Greek), affermare (Italian), 肯定する (kōtei suru) (alt: こうていする) (Japanese), affirmō (Latin), dico (Latin), teigti (Lithuanian), whakakoikoia (Maori), whakakoia (Maori), whakatūturu (Maori), affermen (Middle English), potwierdzać [imperfective] (Polish), potwierdzić [perfective] (Polish), afirmować [imperfective] (Polish), afirmar (Portuguese), potvrditi (Serbo-Croatian), afirmar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-affirm-en-verb-zUcelm4y Disambiguation of 'to agree with or verify': 74 3 5 9 9
  2. To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.
    Sense id: en-affirm-en-verb-Bj-MRFY0
  3. To support or encourage. Translations (to support or encourage): vahvistaa (Finnish), tukea (Finnish), unterstützen (German), στηρίζω (stirízo) (Greek), affermare (Italian), dico (Latin), afirmować [imperfective] (Polish), afirmar (Portuguese), poduprijeti (Serbo-Croatian), afirmar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-affirm-en-verb-C42u17ng Disambiguation of 'to support or encourage': 2 1 94 1 2
  4. To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (law) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review. Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-affirm-en-verb-fv1zElQ7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 15 3 47 27 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 8 16 3 50 23
  5. (law) To state under a solemn promise to tell the truth which is considered legally equivalent to an oath, especially of those who have religious or other moral objections to swearing oaths; also solemnly affirm. Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-affirm-en-verb-CHlmqRnH Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: validate Related terms: affirmation, affirmative, action [affirmative], confirm

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          "text": "They did everything they could to affirm the children's self-confidence."
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          "ref": "August 24 2021, Shon Faye, “‘I feel like it’s quite shaky acceptance’: trans kids and the fight for inclusion”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "Kate pointed out that these similarities between the various accounts of parents with trans children attracts criticism from those commentators who argue that trans children do not exist or should not be affirmed in their gender.",
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          "_dis1": "2 1 94 1 2",
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          "word": "vahvistaa"
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          "sense": "to support or encourage",
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          "roman": "stirízo",
          "sense": "to support or encourage",
          "word": "στηρίζω"
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          "word": "affermare"
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          "word": "dico"
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          "word": "poduprijeti"
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "firmare",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to make firm"
      },
      "expansion": "firmare (“to make firm”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "firmus",
        "3": "",
        "4": "firm"
      },
      "expansion": "firmus (“firm”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English affermen, from Old French afermer, affermer, from Latin affirmare, adfirmare (“to present as fixed, aver, affirm”), from ad (“to”) + firmare (“to make firm”), from firmus (“firm”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "affirms",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affirming",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affirmed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affirmed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "affirm (third-person singular simple present affirms, present participle affirming, simple past and past participle affirmed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "affirmation"
    },
    {
      "word": "affirmative"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "affirmative"
      ],
      "word": "action"
    },
    {
      "word": "confirm"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She affirmed that she would go when I asked her."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "agree",
          "agree"
        ],
        [
          "verify",
          "verify"
        ],
        [
          "concur",
          "concur"
        ],
        [
          "positively",
          "positively"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "assert",
          "assert"
        ],
        [
          "aver",
          "aver"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They did everything they could to affirm the children's self-confidence."
        },
        {
          "text": "gender-affirming; trans-affirming (LGBTQ+)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "August 24 2021, Shon Faye, “‘I feel like it’s quite shaky acceptance’: trans kids and the fight for inclusion”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "Kate pointed out that these similarities between the various accounts of parents with trans children attracts criticism from those commentators who argue that trans children do not exist or should not be affirmed in their gender.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To support or encourage."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "support",
          "support"
        ],
        [
          "encourage",
          "encourage"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (law) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "confirm",
          "confirm"
        ],
        [
          "ratify",
          "ratify"
        ],
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "appellate court",
          "appellate court"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To state under a solemn promise to tell the truth which is considered legally equivalent to an oath, especially of those who have religious or other moral objections to swearing oaths; also solemnly affirm."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "truth",
          "truth"
        ],
        [
          "oath",
          "oath"
        ],
        [
          "swear",
          "swear"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) To state under a solemn promise to tell the truth which is considered legally equivalent to an oath, especially of those who have religious or other moral objections to swearing oaths; also solemnly affirm."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈfɝm/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈfɜːm/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)m"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-affirm.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2d/En-us-affirm.ogg/En-us-affirm.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/En-us-affirm.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "validate"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chéngrèn",
      "sense": "to agree with or verify",
      "word": "承认"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kěndìng",
      "sense": "to agree with or verify",
      "word": "肯定"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to agree with or verify",
      "word": "bejae"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to agree with or verify",
      "word": "vahvistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to agree with or verify",
      "word": "afirmar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to agree with or verify",
      "word": "zustimmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to agree with or verify",
      "word": "bejahen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to agree with or verify",
      "word": "bestätigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vevaió",
      "sense": "to agree with or verify",
      "word": "βεβαιώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epivevaióno",
      "sense": "to agree with or verify",
      "word": "επιβεβαιώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to agree with or verify",
      "word": "affermare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうていする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōtei suru",
      "sense": "to agree with or verify",
      "word": "肯定する"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to agree with or verify",
      "word": "affirmō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to agree with or verify",
      "word": "dico"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to agree with or verify",
      "word": "teigti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to agree with or verify",
      "word": "whakakoikoia"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to agree with or verify",
      "word": "whakakoia"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to agree with or verify",
      "word": "whakatūturu"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to agree with or verify",
      "word": "affermen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to agree with or verify",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "potwierdzać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to agree with or verify",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "potwierdzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to agree with or verify",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "afirmować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to agree with or verify",
      "word": "afirmar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to agree with or verify",
      "word": "potvrditi"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to agree with or verify",
      "word": "afirmar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to support or encourage",
      "word": "vahvistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to support or encourage",
      "word": "tukea"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to support or encourage",
      "word": "unterstützen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "stirízo",
      "sense": "to support or encourage",
      "word": "στηρίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to support or encourage",
      "word": "affermare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to support or encourage",
      "word": "dico"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to support or encourage",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "afirmować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to support or encourage",
      "word": "afirmar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to support or encourage",
      "word": "poduprijeti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to support or encourage",
      "word": "afirmar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "affirm"
}

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