confirm

Naija

Alternative forms

• confirm 0.82 395

Etymology

Borrowed 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

The word is used more in written texts than orally

Definition

• confam: right, correct, original -- na ogbonge ting

Adjective

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

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

Synonyms

• ogbonge, right, original

Antonyms

• fake

Translations

• English: right, correct, original

Adverb

confam: firm, resolute -- make person tanda firm for im decision

1. - (frequency:26)

   Na 178 pipo confam dey inside plane wey go soon leave for Lagos, Nigeria.  — (bbc__69654, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• exactly

Translations

• confam: exactly

Verb

confam: to verify -- make person double sure

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Oldman go confam di tory wey Tunde talk  — (My father will verify what Tunde said.)

2. mark-obj (frequency:22)

   We still dey try reach NSCDC to confam dia side of di tori.  — (bbc__98361, __no translation__)

   Im add say investigation still dey on to confam wetin cause di fire.  — (bbc__82757, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• affirm, sure

Antonyms

• doubt

Translations

• English: to verify