to affirm
108
4.1
- verb
- /əˈfɜrm/
:
afirmar
- In response to the challenge, he wanted to affirm that his team would not back down.
- the court affirmed
- affirm the decision
- the Supreme Court affirmed
And when they gathered, they all had to affirm their belief system.
- And when they gathered, they all had to affirm their belief system.
- I agree that the world will affirm you or challenge you, right?
- Most people want to be affirmed rather than informed.
- It's because on some level we affirm that to be the case.
- I literally visualize and affirm what I'm about to go do.
- And he goes on and he affirms a kind of solidarity.
- And, you know, they're, they're affirming a kind of practical atheism.
- I think it's important to affirm free will.
- If you state it, affirm it, and it will sink in.
- They are intent on quote affirming students who use the pronoun it.
- So it's AI see it as a way as of affirming oneself.
- Believe in yourself, love yourself, cherish yourself, affirm yourself.
- And but at the same time, I felt very affirmed.
- Or he'll even affirm the parts of you that you feel insecure about.
- It's an affirmation is really all about affirming something in one's mind.
Examples
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Together, Lutherans and Catholics affirm that Scripture teaches the ongoing existence of the self between death and resurrection.
Academic text (2011) -
The mayor held a press conference to affirm her commitment to improving public safety.
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I think it's important to affirm free will.
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Do you affirm your love, one to the other?
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And when they gathered, they all had to affirm their belief system.
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And she just affirmed everything that God told me.
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Yes, they're all there to affirm their faith in God, but they're also there to affirm their faith in each other.
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Americans can affirm their core values yet recognize the hubris that inheres in them.
Academic text (2011) -
They now wish to affirm publicly their relationship and to offer each other the security that comes from vows sincerely made.
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Student satisfaction with school is affirmed through documentation of fewer student disruptions and improved attendance.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
∞
4.6
To make a serious promise, often in court
∞
1.3
To believe or agree that something is true
∞
1.8
To show that something is true by giving evidence
572
2.1
Give facts or evidence that show a claim is true
377
1.4
To accept something as official or valid
367
3.8
To admit that something is true or real
229
3.9
To clearly and firmly say your needs or opinions
229
5.3
To officially announce something to the public
183
4.2
To publicly show support for a person or idea
163
4.4
Say firmly that something is true
99
5.0
Say that someone is honest or reliable because you know them
87
3.9
To make something officially acceptable by showing proof
82
4.9
Say that a person or thing can be trusted
57
6.6
To officially confirm that something is true, often in court
4
7.6
To say something openly, often in a formal way
2
7.9
To say firmly that something is true
To say something firmly and seriously
Antonyms
How Strong
∞
1.8
- Formal
950
3.7
108
4.1
229
3.9
∞
1.6
818
3.3
∞
1.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Affirm comes from Latin parts ad- 'to' and firmare 'make firm', and it is like the English word firm. So, to affirm something is to make that idea 'firm' by saying it clearly or showing you support it.