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type | v |
lex_filenum | 31 |
def | establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts |
examples | his story confirmed my doubts The evidence supports the defendant |
Frame - 8 | Somebody ----s something |
Frame - 11 | Something ----s something |
Frame - 26 | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
Outgoing links | |
Derivationally related form | affirm → affirmable; affirm → affirmation |
Antonym | affirm → negate |
Derivationally related form | support → support |
Derivationally related form | substantiate → substantiative |
Derivationally related form | substantiate → substantiation |
Derivationally related form | substantiate → substantiation |
Derivationally related form | sustain → sustainable |
Derivationally related form | corroborate → corroborative |
Derivationally related form | corroborate → corroboratory |
Derivationally related form | corroborate → corroboration |
Derivationally related form | confirm → confirmative |
Derivationally related form | confirm → confirmatory |
Derivationally related form | confirm → confirmation; confirm → confirmation |
Hyponym | back, back up; vouch; verify; prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew; document; validate |
Incoming links | |
Derivationally related form | affirmable → affirm; affirmation → affirm |
Derivationally related form | substantiative → substantiate |
Derivationally related form | corroboratory → corroborate |
Derivationally related form | corroborative → corroborate |
Derivationally related form | confirmatory → confirm |
Derivationally related form | confirmative → confirm |
Derivationally related form | sustainable → sustain |
Derivationally related form | substantiation → substantiate |
Derivationally related form | support → support |
Derivationally related form | substantiation → substantiate |
Derivationally related form | confirmation → confirm; confirmation → confirm |
Derivationally related form | corroboration → corroborate |
Hypernym | back, back up; vouch; verify; prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew; document; validate |
Antonym | negate → affirm |
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