confirming | ||
1. | [ adjective ] serving to support or corroborate | |
Synonyms: | confirmative confirmatory corroborative corroboratory substantiating substantiative validating validatory verificatory verifying collateral | |
Examples: | "collateral evidence" |
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Related terms: | supportive | |
2. | [ adjective ] (medicine) indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen | |
Synonyms: | positive | |
Examples: | "a positive pregnancy test" |
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Related terms: | negative medicine | |
Similar spelling: |
confirm conforming comforting confronting confirmed confirmation comfortingly conform confirmable Conforti confirmatory confirmative conformity conformist conformism |