confirm

Naija

Alternative forms

• confirm 0.82 395

Etymology

From English confirm

Pronunciation

• kɔ̀fâm

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
• Frequency in raw corpus: 620
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 553

Definition

• Na ogbonge ting.

Adjective

• Na ogbonge ting.

1. Oboy na confam tin o.  — (Egbokhare_2020, Men, it's original.)

• Ting wey dey polish.

1. Di guy na confam lecturer.  — (NSC_Tella_2020, The guy is a coordinated lecturer.)

Synonyms

• ogbonge, right, original

Antonyms

• fake

Translations

• English: right, correct, original

Adverb

Na di exact ting.

1. Na 178 pipo confam dey inside plane wey go soon leave for Lagos, Nigeria.  — (bbc__69654, It was exactly 178 people that was inside the plane that will soon leave Lagos in Nigeria.)

Synonyms

• exactly

Translations

• English: exactly

Verb

Make person double sure.

1. Oldman go confam di tory wey Tunde talk  — (Egbokhare_202, My father will verify what Tunde said.)
2. We still dey try reach NSCDC to confam dia side of di tori.  — (bbc__98361, We are still trying to reach the NSCDC to conirm their side of the stroy.)

Synonyms

• sure, double sure

Antonyms

• doubt

Translations

• English: to verify