affirm
11affirm — verb Affirm is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑court Affirm is used with these nouns as the object: ↑belief, ↑commitment, ↑conviction, ↑decision, ↑existence, ↑faith, ↑identity, ↑importance, ↑right …
12affirm — v. 1) to affirm categorically 2) (L) the ministry affirmed that the visit had been postponed * * * [ə fɜːm] (L) the ministry affirmed that the visit had been postponed to affirm categorically …
13affirm — 01. The director has [affirmed] in writing to me his intention to expand our department and hire additional staff. 02. The government has [affirmed] its determination to proceed with the legislation. 03. The boss replied in the [affirmative] to… …
14affirm — af|firm [ ə fɜrm ] verb transitive 1. ) FORMAL to state that something is true or you agree with it, especially in public: The school affirmed its commitment to its students. affirm (that): The senator affirmed that she would support our proposal …
15affirm — [[t]əfɜ͟ː(r)m[/t]] affirms, affirming, affirmed 1) VERB If you affirm that something is true or that something exists, you state firmly and publicly that it is true or exists. [FORMAL] [V that] The European Community has repeatedly affirmed that… …
16affirm — verb Etymology: Middle English affermen, from Anglo French afermer, from Latin affirmare, from ad + firmare to make firm, from firmus firm more at firm Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. validate, confirm …
17affirm — verb a) To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively. She affirmed that she would go when I asked her. b) To support or encourage They did everything they could to affirm the childrens self confide …
18affirm — Synonyms and related words: OK, accept, accredit, acknowledge, allege, amen, announce, annunciate, approve, argue, assert, assever, asseverate, attest, authenticate, authorize, autograph, aver, avouch, avow, back, back up, bear out, bear witness …
19affirm — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. assert, declare; confirm, ratify. See affirmation, assent, approbation.Ant., deny. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. assert, repeat, insist; see assert 1 , declare 1 . See Synonym Study at assert . III (Roget …
20AFFIRM — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index affirm noun acknowledgment, argumentation, assertion, yes adjective favorable verb acknowledge (2), assert …
