No. 906 in Chinese
确定
To confirm; certain; definite.
In a sentence
我确定今天会下雨。
I am sure that it will rain today.
确 is used to emphasize certainty, and 定 indicates something is fixed or decided.
请你确定一下这个信息是否正确。
Please verify if this information is correct.
Here, 确定 is used to mean 'confirm' or 'verify' something.
在确定课程表之后，我们再安排面试时间。
After finalizing the schedule, we will arrange the interview time.
In this case, 确定 is used to mean 'finalize' or 'establish' something concretely.
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