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1 confirm
confirm [kən'fɜ:m]∎ I can confirm that story je peux confirmer cette histoire;∎ to confirm that… confirmer que… + indicative;∎ Commerce we confirm receipt of or that we have received your letter nous accusons réception de votre lettre(b) (finalize → arrangement, booking) confirmer;∎ confirm our reservation with the restaurant confirmez notre réservation auprès du restaurant;∎ to be confirmed (sign for concert, film etc) à confirmer∎ that confirms her in her opinion cela la conforte dans son opinion(d) (make valid → treaty) ratifier; (→ result) confirmer; (→ election) valider; (→ nomination) approuver; (→ decision) entériner; Law entériner, homologuerconfirmer;∎ please confirm in writing veuillez confirmer par écrit -
2 confirm
1 (state as true, validate) confirmer [statement, event, identity, booking, belief, fear] ; to confirm that confirmer que ; two people were confirmed dead on a confirmé que deux personnes ont trouvé la mort ; to confirm receipt of Comm accuser réception de [cheque, goods] ;2 Admin approuver [appointment] ; to confirm sb as confirmer qn dans son rôle de [director etc] ; to be confirmed in one's post être confirmé dans ses fonctions ;4 Jur homologuer [decree] ;5 Relig confirmer. -
3 confirm
confirm [kənˈfɜ:m]* * *[kən'fɜːm]transitive verb1) (state as true, validate) confirmer2) Administration approuver [appointment]3) ( justify)to confirm somebody in — conforter quelqu'un dans [belief, opinion]
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4 confirm
confirmer;∎ we confirm receipt of or that we have received your letter nous accusons réception de votre lettreconfirmer;∎ please confirm in writing veuillez confirmer par écrit -
5 confirm
[kən'fə:m]1) (to establish or make quite certain: They confirmed their hotel booking by letter.) confirmer2) (to admit to full membership of certain Christian churches.) confirmer•- confirmand - confirmed -
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7 to confirm
confirmer; corroborer; avaliser; sanctionner; ratifier; entérinerEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > to confirm
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8 to confirm a count
Jur. confirmer un chef d'accusationEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > to confirm a count
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9 to confirm a ruling
Jur. confirmer une décision de justiceEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > to confirm a ruling
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10 check
check [tʃek]contrôler ⇒ 1 (a) vérifier ⇒ 1 (a), 2 (a) enrayer ⇒ 1 (b) mettre au vestiaire/à la consigne ⇒ 1 (c) cocher ⇒ 1 (d) correspondre ⇒ 2 (b) contrôle ⇒ 3 (a) enquête ⇒ 3 (b) frein ⇒ 3 (c) échec ⇒ 3 (d) addition ⇒ 3 (e) carreau ⇒ 3 (f) coche ⇒ 3 (g) chèque ⇒ 3 (h)∎ she didn't check her facts before writing the article elle n'a pas vérifié les faits avant d'écrire son article;∎ the figures have to be checked il faut vérifier les chiffres;∎ the doctor checked my blood pressure le médecin a pris ma tension;∎ the inspector checked our tickets le contrôleur a contrôlé nos billets;∎ check these names against the ones on the list vérifie que ces noms sont les mêmes que ceux de la liste(b) (contain, limit → recession, inflation) enrayer; (→ emotions, troops) contenir; (→ urge) réprimer;∎ to check oneself se retenir∎ I'll have to check with the accountant je vais devoir vérifier auprès du comptable;∎ they usually have vacancies, but it's a good idea to check d'ordinaire, ils ont de la place, mais il vaut mieux s'en assurer ou vérifier(b) (correspond) correspondre, s'accorder;∎ his description of the killer checked with forensic evidence sa description du tueur s'accordait avec l'expertise médico-légale(c) (pause, halt) s'arrêter3 noun(a) (examination, inspection) contrôle m, vérification f;∎ the airline ordered checks on all their 747s la compagnie aérienne a ordonné que des contrôles soient faits sur tous ses 747;∎ a routine check une vérification de routine(b) (inquiry, investigation) enquête f;∎ to do or to run a check on sb se renseigner sur qn;∎ to keep a check on sb observer qn(c) (restraint) frein m;∎ the House of Lords acts as a check upon the House of Commons la Chambre des lords met un frein au pouvoir de la Chambre des communes;∎ Politics (a system of) checks and balances (un système d') équilibre m des pouvoirs;∎ he kept or held his anger in check il a contenu ou maîtrisé sa colère;∎ we could no longer hold or keep the enemy in check nous ne pouvions plus contenir l'ennemi∎ in check en échec;∎ check! échec au roi!∎ a skirt in black and white check une jupe à carreaux noirs et blancs∎ put a check next to all the verbs cochez tous les verbes(pattern, skirt) à carreaux►► Computing check bit bit m de contrôle;Computing check box case f de pointage, case f d'option;Computing check byte octet m de contrôle;Computing check digit chiffre m de contrôle ou de vérification, clé f;Marketing check question question f de contrôle, question f filtre;Marketing check sample échantillon m témoin➲ check in(a) (at airport) se présenter à l'enregistrement(b) (at hotel) se présenter à la réception∎ it's a little late, I'd better check in with my parents il se fait tard, il faudrait que je passe un coup de fil à mes parents(a) (at airport → baggage) enregistrer(b) (at hotel) inscrire sur le registre∎ to check in a book at the library rapporter un livre à la bibliothèque∎ to check into a hotel descendre dans un hôtel(names, numbers on list etc) cocher∎ the doctor checked on two patients before leaving le médecin est allé voir deux patients avant de partir;∎ would you mind checking on the baby? tu peux aller voir si le bébé va bien?(b) (investigate → person) enquêter sur, se renseigner sur; (→ information, machine, place) vérifier∎ why don't we check out the restaurant that John told us about? pourquoi ne pas essayer le restaurant dont John nous a parlé?∎ to check sb/sth out mater qn/qch;examiner, vérifier(a) (examine → baggage etc) contrôler, examiner∎ I'd like my luggage checked through to Los Angeles je voudrais faire envoyer directement mes bagages à Los Angeles∎ to check up on sb enquêter ou se renseigner sur qn;∎ if you trusted me you wouldn't check up on me all the time si tu me faisais confiance tu ne serais pas toujours en train de m'espionner;∎ to check up on sth vérifier qch;∎ the social worker checked up on reports of child abuse l'assistante sociale a enquêté sur les allégations de mauvais traitements à enfantⓘ CHECKS AND BALANCES Ce système de contrôle mutuel, garanti par la Constitution, est l'un des principes fondamentaux du gouvernement américain. Il a été élaboré afin que les pouvoirs législatif, exécutif et judiciaire n'accumulent pas trop d'influence les uns par rapport aux autres. -
11 affirm
affirm [əˈfɜ:m]* * *[ə'fɜːm]transitive verb1) ( state positively) affirmer2) ( confirm) confirmer [support, popularity] -
12 as
as [æz, əz]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. conjunction2. preposition3. adverb━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► For set combinations in which as is not the first word, eg such... as, the same... as, disguised as, look up the other word.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. conjunctiona. ( = while) alors que• as she was falling asleep she heard a noise elle entendit un bruit alors qu'elle commençait à s'endormirb. (with comparative) things will get more difficult as the year goes on ça va devenir de plus en plus difficile au fil de l'annéec. ( = just when) (juste) au moment oùd. ( = because) comme━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• as he hasn't phoned, we don't know where he is comme il n'a pas téléphoné, nous ne savons pas où il est• this is important as it reduces the effectiveness of the drug c'est important parce que cela diminue l'efficacité du médicamente. ( = though) long as it was, I didn't find the journey boring bien que le trajet ait été long, je ne me suis pas ennuyé• France, as you know, is... la France, comme vous le savez, est...• she is very gifted, as is her brother elle est très douée, comme son frère• don't tidy up, leave it as it is ne range rien, laisse ça comme ça• the village, situated as it is near a motorway,... le village étant situé non loin d'une autoroute,...2. prepositiona. ( = in the capacity of) commeb. ( = being) en tant que• as a mother of five children, she is well aware... en tant que mère de cinq enfants, elle sait très bien...c. ( = when) as a child, she was rather shy quand elle était enfant, elle était plutôt timide• as a young woman, she was interested in politics quand elle était jeune, elle s'intéressait à la politique3. adverba. ( = in the way) comme► as + as (in comparisons of equality) aussi... que• is it as far as that? c'est vraiment aussi loin que ça ?• you ate as much as me tu as mangé autant que moi► twice/half as...• as for that quant à cela► as from (referring to past) depuis ; (referring to present, future) à partir de• he was staggering as if or as though he'd been drinking il titubait comme s'il avait bu• it's not as if or as though he was nice-looking ce n'est pas comme s'il était beau garçon• as if to confirm his prediction there was a loud explosion comme pour confirmer ses prédictions on entendit une forte explosion• don't tell her, will you? -- as if! (inf) ne lui dis rien ! -- pour qui tu me prends !• did he finally own up? -- as if! (inf) est-ce qu'il a fini par avouer ? -- tu parles ! (inf)► as it is ( = in fact) dans l'état actuel des choses ; ( = already) comme ça• as it is, it doesn't make much difference dans l'état actuel des choses, ça ne fait pas grande différence• the balance of your account as of 16 June ( = on 16 June) le solde de votre compte au 16 juin• the work as such is boring but... le travail en soi est ennuyeux mais...• they are the best players in the world and, as such, are highly paid ce sont les meilleurs joueurs du monde et, à ce titre, ils sont très bien payés• he was still a novice and they treated him as such ce n'était qu'un débutant et ils le traitaient comme tel• he had no qualifications as such il n'avait pas de qualification à proprement parler► as to quant à* * *[æz, əz] 1.1) ( in the manner that) commeknowing you as I do, it didn't surprise me — je te connais tellement bien que ça ne m'a pas étonné
he lives abroad, as does his sister — il vit à l'étranger, tout comme sa sœur
as with so many people in the 1960s, she... — comme beaucoup de personnes dans les années 60, elle...
2) (while, when) comme, alors que; ( over more gradual period of time) au fur et à mesure queas a child, he... — (quand il était) enfant, il...
3) (because, since) comme, puisque4) ( although)comfortable as the house is, it's still very expensive — aussi confortable que soit la maison, elle reste quand même très chère
try as he might, he could not forget it — il avait beau essayer, il ne pouvait pas oublier
5)the same... as — le/la même... que
6) ( expressing purpose)2.so as to do — pour faire, afin de faire
1) ( in order to appear to be)2) (showing function, status) commespeaking as his closest friend, I... — en tant que son meilleur ami, je voudrais dire que je...
with Lauren Bacall as Vivien — Cinema, Theatre avec Lauren Bacall dans le rôle de Vivien
3)3.he was quoted as saying that... — il aurait dit que...
1) (expressing degree, extent)the population may increase by as much as 20% — l'augmentation de la population risque d'atteindre 20%
as many as 10,000 people attended the demonstration — il n'y avait pas moins de 10000 personnes à la manifestation
he has a house in Nice as well as an apartment in Paris — il a une maison à Nice ainsi qu'un appartement à Paris
2) ( expressing similarity) comme4.as against prepositional phrase contre, comparé à5.as and when conjunctional phrase6.as and when the need arises — quand il le faudra, quand le besoin s'en fera sentir
as for prepositional phrase quant à, pour ce qui est de7. 8.as if conjunctional phrase comme (si)he looked at me as if to say ‘I told you so’ — il m'a regardé avec l'air de dire ‘je te l'avais bien dit’
9.as if by accident/magic — comme par hasard/magie
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13 certify
certify [ˈsɜ:tɪfaɪ]• to send by certified mail (US) ≈ envoyer avec accusé de réception* * *['sɜːtɪfaɪ] 1.transitive verb1) ( confirm) certifier, constater [death]2) ( authenticate) authentifier3) ( issue certificate to) délivrer un certificat d'aptitude professionnelle à4) Commerce garantir [goods]2.certified past participle adjective certifié; [teacher] US School qualifiéto send by certified mail — US envoyer en recommandé
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14 truth
truth [tru:θ](plural truths) [tru:ðz]vérité f• to tell you the truth, he... à vrai dire, il...* * *[truːθ]1) ( real facts)the truth (of the matter) is that — la vérité, c'est que
to tell you the truth — (colloq) à vrai dire
2) ( accuracy)to confirm/deny the truth of something — confirmer/nier l'exactitude de quelque chose
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15 bundle
∎ to bundle sth with sth offrir qch en plus de qch;∎ to come bundled with sth être vendu(e) avec qchTretton won't confirm how many PlayStation2 units would be available in the United States this holiday season, but sources suggest that the number will be around 2 million. As for the final price, much will depend on exactly what is included in the box. While Sony has made little secret of its plans to have Internet connectivity and some form of hard drive for storage, the real question is whether this will be bundled with the final product or sold separately as accessories.
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16 certify
∎ certified by a notary notarié(e);∎ this is to certify that Alison Patrick has... (on document) ce document certifie que Alison Patrick a...;∎ to certify the books viser les livres de commerce(b) (cheque, invoice) certifierAmerican certified mail envoi m recommandé;∎ to send sth by certified mail envoyer qch en recommandé avec accusé de réception -
17 expectation
prévision f;∎ performance did not confirm City expectations les résultats n'ont pas répondu à l'attente de la City;∎ we have certain expectations of our employees nous avons certaines exigences envers nos employés -
18 minute
1 nounminutes (of meeting) procès-verbal m, compte-rendu m;∎ to confirm the minutes of the last meeting approuver le procès-verbal de la dernière réunion;∎ to take the minutes of a meeting rédiger le procès-verbal d'une réunionminute book registre m des procès-verbaux -
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20 corroborate
[kə'robəreit](to support or confirm (evidence etc already given): She corroborated her sister's story.) confirmer- corroborative
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confirm — con·firm vt 1 a: to make valid by necessary formal approval the debtor s chapter 13 plan confirm ed by the court b: to vote approval of confirm a nomination 2: to give formal acknowledgment of receipt of 3 … Law dictionary
confirm — con‧firm [kənˈfɜːm ǁ fɜːrm] verb [transitive] 1. to say or show that something is definitely true: • The company said the report confirmed what its own directors and accountants had already established. confirm that • Walsh confirmed that the… … Financial and business terms
Confirm — Con*firm , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confrmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confirming}.] [OE. confermen, confirmen, OF. confermer, F. confirmer, fr. L. confirmare; con + firmare to make firm, fr. firmus firm. See {Firm}.] 1. To make firm or firmer; to add… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
confirm — 1 *ratify Analogous words: *assent, consent, acquiesce, accede, subscribe: validate (see CONFIRM 2): sanction, *approve, endorse Contrasted words: reject, refuse, *decline 2 Confirm, corroborate, substantiate, verify, authentica … New Dictionary of Synonyms
confirm — [kən fʉrm′] vt. [ME confermen < OFr confermer < L confirmare < com , intens. + firmare, to strengthen < firmus, FIRM1] 1. to make firm; strengthen; establish; encourage 2. to make valid by formal approval; ratify 3. to prove the truth … English World dictionary
confirm — [v1] ratify, validate, prove affirm, approve, attest, authenticate, back, bear out, bless, buy, certify, check, check out, circumstantiate, corroborate, debunk, double check, endorse, establish, explain, give green light*, give high sign*, give… … New thesaurus
confirm — ► VERB 1) establish the truth or correctness of. 2) state with assurance that something is true. 3) make definite or formally valid. 4) (confirm in) reinforce (someone) in (an opinion or feeling). 5) (usu. be confirmed) administer the religious… … English terms dictionary
confirm — mid 13c., confirmyn to ratify, from O.Fr. confermer (13c., Mod.Fr. confirmer) strengthen, establish, consolidate; affirm by proof or evidence; anoint (a king), from L. confirmare make firm, strengthen, establish, from com , intensive prefix (see… … Etymology dictionary
confirm — con|firm W2S2 [kənˈfə:m US ə:rm] v [T] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: confirmer, from Latin confirmare, from com ( COM ) + firmare to make firm ] 1.) to show that something is definitely true, especially by providing more proof ▪ New… … Dictionary of contemporary English
confirm */*/*/ — UK [kənˈfɜː(r)m] / US [kənˈfɜrm] verb Word forms confirm : present tense I/you/we/they confirm he/she/it confirms present participle confirming past tense confirmed past participle confirmed 1) [transitive] to prove that something is true The… … English dictionary
confirm — con|firm [ kən fɜrm ] verb *** 1. ) transitive to prove that something is true: The study confirms the findings of earlier research. Please bring something with you that confirms your identity. confirm (that): The doctor may run a test to confirm … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English