to reconfirm
- verb
- /ˌriːkənˈfɜrm/
- I am calling to reconfirm our reservation for dinner tonight.
Here he is reconfirming our commitment to NATO with gusto.
- Here he is reconfirming our commitment to NATO with gusto.
- I have to reconfirm my e-mail address.
- And so then you have these wars to reconfirm or re establish who is strong and who is weak when there are mechanisms to prevent it before you have to go to war.
- And, you know, just reconfirming these masks.
- Yeah, you know, the Band-Aid off you were like, okay, now he reconfirmed it that he is like this.
- You reinvent yourself, you release and you reconfirm daily with your actions and thoughts and watch yourself start to shift into that two point O version of you.
- So now you know you need to reinvent yourself, release your shadow self and reconfirm this two point O you do those three steps and that my friend, it's how you reinvent yourself.
- I would actually just to just to reconfirm my own bias, but yeah, you never ate.
Examples
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Prior to the end of the day's session, both adults view the planning board to reconfirm future lessons.
Academic text (2001) -
I'm calling to reconfirm four first-class tickets.
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I have to reconfirm my e-mail address.
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The first thing I did was reconfirm my goal.
Academic text (2010) -
Sir, can we just reconfirm?
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So I was asked to go through every one of your trading books and reconfirm the assets.
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It's a good idea to reconfirm all of the settings on Figure 2 before pressing Print.
Academic text (2009) -
The admissions committee reconfirmed this morning that we did not make a single mistake.
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Please reconfirm.
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Reconfirm in three hours.
Synonyms
To show that something is true by giving evidence
To make something correct and usable again or check it still works
To check something again to make sure it is correct
Antonyms
How Certain
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reconfirm breaks down into re- meaning 'again' and confirm, which is related to the English word firm and originally meant 'make firm' or 'make sure'. So, to reconfirm something is to 'make sure again', for example to check a booking or plan one more time.