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

Example Sentences

The first group of tickets for Glastonbury Festival 2025 sold out in 30 minutes, organisers have confirmed.

From BBC

Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune expressed uncertainty over whether Kennedy and other controversial nominees would be confirmed but said “they deserve a process” in a Thursday night interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier.

From Salon

Eventually, they were able to more closely examine the animal in the lab and confirmed it was a nudribranch, also known as a sea slug, according to the release.

From Los Angeles Times

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the Bakersfield Republican whose career in Congress was upended when Gaetz led a rebellion against him, predicted that at least the Gaetz nomination would fail, telling Bloomberg Television on Thursday that he “won’t get confirmed, everybody knows that.”

From Los Angeles Times

If confirmed in the role, he will steer the massive public health agency that includes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute of Health.

From Salon

Related Words

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