No. 1,772 in French
confirmer
To confirm.
In a sentence
Je vais confirmer ma réservation demain.
I will confirm my reservation tomorrow.
The verb 'confirmer' is used in its literal sense, meaning 'to validate or make official' a reservation in this context.
Elle a confirmé qu'elle viendrait à la fête.
She confirmed that she would come to the party.
Here, 'confirmer' indicates the act of stating definitively or affirming an intention or plan, as applied to a social event participation.
Les résultats ont confirmé nos hypothèses.
The results confirmed our hypotheses.
In this sentence, 'confirmer' refers to providing evidence or support for the correctness of an idea or supposition.
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