CONFIRMED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does confirmed mean? 

• CONFIRMED (adjective)
  The adjective CONFIRMED has 2 senses:

1. of persons; not subject to change

2. having been established or made firm or received the rite of confirmation

  Familiarity information: CONFIRMED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONFIRMED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of persons; not subject to change

Context example:

a confirmed invalid

Similar:

unchangeable (not changeable or subject to change)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having been established or made firm or received the rite of confirmation

Context example:

a confirmed Catholic

Similar:

official (verified officially)

Antonym:

unconfirmed (not finally established or settled)

 Context examples 

And here he was, being confirmed in his madness by the two acceptances he took such pride in telling her about.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

But the main reason lies in the one fact, which is notorious to everyone, and that is that Sir Eustace was a confirmed drunkard.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Additional follow-up observations by the Catalina Sky Survey and the University of Hawaii 88-inch (2.2-meter) telescope on Mauna Kea confirmed the orbit of 2014 RC.

(Small Asteroid to Safely Pass Close to Earth Sunday, NASA)

Weeks later, when physicians confirmed that the transplanted cells were growing, they assessed the status of the patients’ beneficial gut bacteria.

(Fecal microbiota transplantation helps restore beneficial bacteria in cancer patients, National Institutes of Health)

The study confirmed that land-use zones with intact forest cover have significantly higher soundscape saturation.

(Scientists record the sound of intact forest, SciDev.Net)

The minimum amount of time required to meet the criteria for a confirmed response to treatment.

(Confirmed Response Minimum Duration, NCI Thesaurus)

Though he anxiously endeavoured to dissuade me, I saw that he was of my mind; and this, if I had required to be confirmed in my intention, would have had the effect.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Once identified and confirmed, these variants will be put into public databases maintained by NCIBI's dbSNP and CGAP web resources.

(Genetic Annotation Initiative, NCI Thesaurus)

He was confirmed in this by sight of a ship lying at anchor in the midst of the shining sea.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

The protocol specified minimum amount of time needed to meet the definition of a confirmed response to treatment.

(Confirmed Response Minimum Duration, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)