confirming

1. 1.

   indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen

   “a positive pregnancy test”

   Synonymspositive

   SimilarGram-positive

   medicine

2. 2.

   serving to support or corroborate

   “collateral evidence”

   Synonymscollateralconfirmativeconfirmatorycorroborativecorroboratorysubstantiatingsubstantiativevalidatingvalidatoryverificatoryverifying

   Similarsupportive

Questions about confirming

What does confirming mean?

confirming means "indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in confirming?

confirming has 3 syllables: con-fir-ming. The stress falls on "fir". In IPA it is /kənˈfɝmɪŋ/.

What is another word for confirming?

Close synonyms include positive, collateral, confirmative, confirmatory, corroborative. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is confirming a common word?

confirming is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.