See confirm in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"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.",
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"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.",
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"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
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{
"code": "sh",
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"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
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{
"code": "sv",
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"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"
],
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},
{
"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"
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{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "bestätegen"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "whakaū"
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{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "confermen"
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{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "bekrefte"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "konfirmere"
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"code": "nn",
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"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
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"code": "pt",
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"word": "confirmar"
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"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
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"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
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"imperfective"
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"perfective"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "krȉzmati"
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{
"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"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"word": "konfirmera"
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"code": "uk",
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"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "підтве́рджувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
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"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
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"perfective"
],
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{
"code": "uk",
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"sense": "to confer the confirmation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
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{
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"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "vërtetoj"
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"lang": "Arabic",
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"sense": "to assure",
"word": "أَكَّدَ"
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
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"sense": "to assure",
"word": "أَثْبَتَ"
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "havastiacʻnel",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "հավաստիացնել"
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{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "təsdiqləmək"
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{
"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"
],
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "potvǎrždávam",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "потвържда́вам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "potvǎrdjá",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
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},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "utvǎrždávam",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
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{
"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"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "potvrdit"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "forvisse"
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{
"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"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to assure",
"word": "beamen"
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{
"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"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podkrepítʹ",
"sense": "to assure",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подкрепи́ть"
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{
"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"
},
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"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"
}
],
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],
"derived": [
{
"word": "confirm plus chop"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"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": "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"
}
],
"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”).",
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{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "confirm (not comparable)",
"name": "en-adv"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"con‧firm"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"Manglish",
"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": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"For sure, definitely."
],
"links": [
[
"For sure",
"for sure#English"
],
[
"definitely",
"definitely"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Singlish, Manglish) For sure, definitely."
],
"tags": [
"Manglish",
"Singlish",
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kənˈfɜːm/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kənˈfɝm/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"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"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)m"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "confirme"
}
],
"word": "confirm"
}
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"msg": "possible sense number in translation item: Hebrew: __IGNORE__ (3)",
"path": [
"confirm"
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"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "confirm",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "translations/324",
"msg": "possible sense number in translation item: Italian: __IGNORE__ (1), __IGNORE__ (2)",
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],
"section": "English",
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