REAFFIRM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reaffirm mean? 

• REAFFIRM (verb)
  The verb REAFFIRM has 1 sense:

1. affirm once again

  Familiarity information: REAFFIRM used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REAFFIRM (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they reaffirm    ... he / she / it reaffirms   
Past simple: reaffirmed   
Past participle: reaffirmed   
-ing form: reaffirming   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Affirm once again

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

He reaffirmed his faith in the church

Hypernyms (to "reaffirm" is one way to...):

affirm (say yes to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

reaffirmation (renewed affirmation)

 Context examples 

A human nutrition study reaffirms the health benefits of substituting refined-grain products like white bread with whole-grain foods like whole-wheat bread, oatmeal, barley, rye, and brown or wild rice.

(Whole Grains Deliver on Health Benefits, U.S. Department of Agriculture)