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Confirmatory

/kənˈfɜː.mə.tə.ɹi/ · adjective

Meaning

Serving to confirm something..

Example Sentences

1986, Mark S. Gold and A.L.C. Pottash, Diagnostic and Laboratory Testing in Psychiatry, New York and London: Plenum Medical Book Company, Chapter 3, p. 43, https://books.google.ca/books?id=KGSxQ_-94J8C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false The main indication for performing the DST is for the confirmation of suspected major depression. A positive test is excellent confirmatory evidence of the diagnosis.
I replied, as I usually did whenever I had a chance, that nobody had ever loved anybody else as I loved Dora. Traddles came to my assistance with a confirmatory murmur.
"Do you come to me, Master-at-arms, with so foggy a tale? As to Budd, cite me an act or spoken word of his confirmatory of what you in general charge against him. […]"

Synonyms for confirmatory

collateralvalidatingsupportivecorroborativeconfirmingconfirmativeverifyingsubstantiatingsubstantiativevalidatorycorroboratoryverificatory

Antonyms for confirmatory

Related Words

validatoryconfirmativeconfirmingcorroborativecorroboratoryverificatorysubstantiativesupportivecollateralsubstantiatingvalidatingverifyingconfirmationcorroborationaffirmationacknowledgmentconfirmcommitauditconfirmed

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does confirmatory mean?

Confirmatory means Serving to confirm something..

What is a synonym for confirmatory?

Common synonyms include collateral, validating, supportive, corroborative.

What is the opposite of confirmatory?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use confirmatory in a sentence?

1986, Mark S. Gold and A.L.C. Pottash, Diagnostic and Laboratory Testing in Psychiatry, New York and London: Plenum Medical Book Company, Chapter 3, p. 43, https://books.google.ca/books?id=KGSxQ_-94J8C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false The main indication for performing the DST is for the confirmation of suspected major depression. A positive test is excellent confirmatory evidence of the diagnosis.

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