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单词 confirmable
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confirmable


con·firm

C0561900 (kən-fûrm′)tr.v. con·firmed, con·firm·ing, con·firms 1. a. To support or establish the certainty or validity of; verify: confirm a rumor.b. To reaffirm the establishment of (a reservation or advance arrangement).2. To make firmer; strengthen: Working on the campaign confirmed her intention to go into politics. 3. To make valid or binding by a formal or legal act; ratify.4. To administer the religious rite of confirmation to.
[Middle English confirmen, from Old French confermer, from Latin cōnfirmāre : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + firmāre, to strengthen (from firmus, strong; see dher- in Indo-European roots).]
con·firm′a·bil′i·ty n.con·firm′a·ble adj.con·firm′a·to′ry (-fûr′mə-tôr′ē) adj.con·firm′er n.Synonyms: confirm, corroborate, substantiate, authenticate, validate, verify
These verbs mean to establish or support the truth, accuracy, or genuineness of something. Confirm implies the establishment of certainty or conviction: The information confirmed our worst suspicions.
To corroborate something is to strengthen or uphold the evidence that supports it: The witness is expected to corroborate the plaintiff's testimony.
To substantiate is to establish by presenting solid or reliable evidence: "What I shall say can be substantiated by the sworn testimony of witnesses" (Mark Twain).
To authenticate something is to establish its genuineness, as by expert testimony or documentary proof: Never purchase an antique before it has been authenticated.
Validate refers to establishing the validity of something, such as a theory, claim, or judgment: The divorce validated my parents' original objection to the marriage.
Verify implies proving by comparison with an original or with established fact: The bank refused to cash the check until the signature was verified.
Thesaurus
Adj.1.confirmable - capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observationconfirmable - capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observationfalsifiable, verifiableempirical, empiric - derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical data"; "an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known"
EncyclopediaSeeconfirm

confirmable


  • adj

Synonyms for confirmable

adj capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation

Synonyms

  • falsifiable
  • verifiable

Related Words

  • empirical
  • empiric
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