English adjective: confirming |
1. | confirming indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen |
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| Samples | A positive pregnancy test.
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| Synonyms | positive |
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| Similar | Gram-positive |
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| Domain category | medical specialty, medicine |
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| Antonyms | disconfirming, negative |
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2. | confirming serving to support or corroborate |
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| Samples | Collateral evidence.
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| Synonyms | collateral, confirmative, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying |
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| Similar | supportive |
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| Antonyms | unsupportive |
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