confirmed

Definition

  • adjective: not likely to change
  • adjective: marked by long continuance and likely to persist
  • synonyms: accepted, accustomed, acknowledged

Examples

  • Her parents' attitude only 'confirmed' [='strengthened, reinforced'] her resolve to get her own apartment.

  • The award 'confirmed' her status as one of the great movie actresses.

  • She was 'confirmed in' her determination to get a higher-paying job.

Movie quotes

  • (..) - What's impossible? There was another spore, intact, found in the Philippian mine. But we intercepted it. We ran every test on it for years. You confirmed it for yourself, it was... it was dormant! Maybe not anymore. This spore, where is it now, doctor? It was highly radioactive. (..)
    2014 Godzilla
  • (..) Let's go! Let's go! Hurry! Go, go! Guardian, the target's in sight. Two o'clock, about three hundred meters. We're in six-zero-one. Target confirmed. Jesus! Sam, please turn that TV off. Hey, did you hear me? Off! Come on, Sammy. Let's go. (..)
    2014 Godzilla