English Dictionary

affirm

IPA（発音記号）

/əˈfɝm/

動詞

To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively. / To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true. / To support or encourage.

日本語の意味

同意する、確認する、肯定する / 積極的に主張する、断言する、確かに述べる / 支援する、奨励する

At the meeting, the committee chair asked each member to affirm the accuracy of the report before it was finalized.

会議で委員長は、報告書を確定する前にその正確性を各委員に確認するよう求めました。

意味（1）

To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.

She affirmed that she would go when I asked her.

意味（2）

To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.

Jesus, […] whom Paul affirmed to be alive

意味（3）

To support or encourage.

They did everything they could to affirm the children's self-confidence.

意味（4）

To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (law) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.

意味（5）

(law) To state under a solemn promise to tell the truth which is considered legally equivalent to an oath, especially of those who have religious or other moral objections to swearing oaths; also solemnly affirm.

affirms （ present singular third-person ）

affirming （ participle present ）

affirmed （ participle past ）

affirmed （ past ）