transcription, транскрипция: [ əfɜ:(r)m ]
( affirms, affirming, affirmed)
1.
If you affirm that something is true or that something exists, you state firmly and publicly that it is true or exists. ( FORMAL )
The House of Lords affirmed that the terms of a contract cannot be rewritten retrospectively.
...a speech in which he affirmed a commitment to lower taxes...
‘This place is a dump,’ affirmed Miss T.
= assert
VERB : V that , V n , V with quote
• af‧fir‧ma‧tion
(affirmations)
The ministers issued an affirmation of their faith in the system.
N-VAR
2.
If an event affirms something, it shows that it is true or exists. ( FORMAL )
Everything I had accomplished seemed to affirm that opinion.
= confirm
VERB : V n
• af‧fir‧ma‧tion
The high turnout was an affirmation of the importance that the voters attached to the election.
N-UNCOUNT : also a N