how to pronounce confirm

/kənˈfɜːm/

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confirm is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of confirm in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… office will also not confirm that that's …”

meaning of confirm

Confirm means to make certain or to make something certain.

confirm frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word confirm occurs in english on average 26.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics confirm can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that confirm can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;