Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Established as true, definite, or valid: Refers to something that has been verified, made certain, or officially ratified.
   • Firmly settled in a habit, belief, or condition: Describes a person who is unlikely to change a particular state, attitude, or way of life.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • Please check your email for a confirmed booking. (The booking has been officially verified and is definite.)
  • He is a confirmed pessimist who always expects the worst. (His pessimistic attitude is firmly settled and unlikely to change.)
  • She received the sacrament and became a confirmed member of the church. (She officially completed the rite of confirmation.)

Advanced Usage

• "Confirmed bachelor": A man who is settled in his unmarried state and shows no intention of ever marrying.

  • Despite his family's hopes, he remained a confirmed bachelor all his life.

• "Confirmed report": Information that has been verified and is considered reliable.

  • The news agency only publishes confirmed reports to avoid spreading misinformation.

Variants and Related Words

• Confirm (verb): To establish the truth, accuracy, or validity of something; to make definite or official.
  • Can you confirm the time of the meeting?
• Confirmation (noun): The action of confirming something; the rite at which a baptized person is admitted as a full member of the Christian church.
  • We are waiting for confirmation of the delivery date.

Synonyms

• Verified: Proven to be true or accurate.
• Established: Having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.
• Inveterate: Having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change (often used for negative habits).

Related Phrases

• To have something confirmed: To receive official verification or assurance about something.
  • I called the airline to have my flight confirmed.

Related Idioms

• A confirmed habit: A practice or pattern of behavior that is deeply ingrained and habitual.
  • His morning coffee is a confirmed habit he's had for twenty years.

Adjective

1. having been established or made firm or received the rite of confirmation
   • confirmed reservations
   • received confirmed reports of casualties
   • a confirmed Catholic
2. of persons; not subject to change
   • a confirmed bachelor
   • a confirmed invalid