confirmed

[ kuhn-furmd ]

adjective

1. made certain as to truth, accuracy, validity, availability, etc.: confirmed reservations on the three o'clock flight to Denver.

   confirmed reports of new fighting at the front;

   confirmed reservations on the three o'clock flight to Denver.

2. settled; ratified.
3. firmly established in a habit or condition; inveterate:

   a confirmed bachelor.

4. given additional determination; made resolute.
5. having received the religious rite of confirmation.

confirmed

/ kənˈfɜːmɪdnɪs; kənˈfɜːmɪdlɪ; kənˈfɜːmd; -ˈfɜːmd- /

adjective

1. prenominal long-established in a habit, way of life, etc

   a confirmed bachelor

2. having received the rite of confirmation
3. (of a disease) another word for chronic

Derived Forms

• confirmedness, noun
• confirmedly, adverb

Other Words From

• con·firm·ed·ly [k, uh, n-, fuhr, -mid-lee], adverb
• con·firm·ed·ness [k, uh, n-, fur, -mid-nis, -, furmd, -], noun
• un·con·firmed adjective
• well-con·firmed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of confirmed¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English confermed; confirm, -ed ²

Related Words

• accustomed
• chronic
• deep-rooted
• deep-seated
• dyed-in-the-wool
• entrenched
• fixed
• habituated
• ingrained
• inured
• inveterate