affirm
UK/əˈfɜːm//əˈfɝm/
affirm verb: to agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.
Verb
affirm (third-person singular simple present affirms, present participle affirming, simple past and past participle affirmed)
- To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.
- She affirmed that she would go when I asked her.
- To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.
- Jesus, […] whom Paul affirmed to be alive1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 25:19
- However, as anyone who knew Adrian Shooter would affirm, he very rarely took no for an answer.2024 August 21, Peter Plisner, “The changing role of our railway stations”, in RAIL, number 1016, page 62
- Synonyms:
- protest
- To support or encourage.
- gender-affirming; trans-affirming
- They did everything they could to affirm the children's self-confidence.
- To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (law) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.
- To state under a solemn promise to tell the truth which is considered legally equivalent to an oath, especially of those who have religious or other moral objections to swearing oaths; also solemnly affirm.
Interjection
affirm meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
affirm in Tamil
- உறுதி செய், முறைப்படி அறிவி, வலியுறுத்திக் கூறு, ஒட்டவை, எழுதிச்சேர், பொருத்து
affirm in Urdu
- to affirm
- کلام کرنا kalām karnā
affirm in Bengali
- নিশ্চিত করা, স্বীকার করা
affirm in Malayalam
- നിശ്ചയമായി ചൊല്ലുക, സത്യം ചെയ്യുക, ദ്യഢീകരിക്കുക, ഉറപ്പിച്ചുപറയുക, പ്രമാണീകരിക്കുക
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- affirm in Kannada
- ಎತ್ತಿಹಿಡಿ, ಸಮ್ಮತಿಸು, ದೃಢಪಡಿಸು, ಸತ್ಯವೆಂದು ಸಾರು
- affirm in Sanskrit
- स्थापयति sthāpáyati
Examples of affirm in a sentence
- He affirmed or promised on his word, or on his honour.
- The court affirmed the primacy of federal law.
- An oath sworn or affirmed orally is often given in call and response, where the official reads each line of the oath, and the affiant repeats the line back.
Synonyms of affirm
Antonyms
Forms of affirm
| third-person singular present | affirms |
|---|---|
| present participle | affirming |
| past participle | affirmed |
| past | affirmed |
| second-person singular present (archaic) | affirmest |
| second-person singular past (archaic) | affirmedst |
| third-person singular present (archaic) | affirmeth |
Origin of affirm
From Middle English affermen, from Old French afermer, affermer, from Latin affirmare, adfirmare (“to present as fixed, aver, affirm”), from ad (“to”) + firmare (“to make firm”), from firmus (“firm”). By surface analysis, af- + firm.
Words formed from affirm
Words that rhyme with affirm
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Questions about affirm
- What does affirm mean?
- Affirm means to agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.
- What is affirm in Tamil?
- Affirm in Tamil is உறுதி செய், முறைப்படி அறிவி, வலியுறுத்திக் கூறு. See Affirm meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is affirm?
- Affirm can be a verb or an interjection.
- How do you pronounce affirm?
- Affirm is pronounced /əˈfɝm/ (US).
- What is the past tense of affirm?
- The past tense of affirm is affirmed.
Words near affirm in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: affirm (page history and authors); affirm (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); کلام کرنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); affirm (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); affirm (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); affirm (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); स्थापयति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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