Meaning

2 senses

  1. To affirm again.

    affirm once again

  2. To bolster or support.

    The recent tragedy served only to reaffirm his faith.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Ziri wanted to reaffirm his faith.

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  2. Next Sunday, we'll have an opportunity to once again reaffirm our historic commitment to democracy, freedom, and the rule of law.

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Translations

3 languages

Forms

reaffirms, reaffirming, reaffirmed, reaffirmed
Base formreaffirm · to reaffirm
3rd person singularreaffirms
Present participlereaffirming
Past simplereaffirmed
Past participlereaffirmed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyreaffirm
he, she, itreaffirms

Past simpleLesson

all personsreaffirmed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave reaffirmed
he, she, ithas reaffirmed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill reaffirm

Word family

3 related words
Relatedreaffirmation
Derivedreaffirmancereaffirmer

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
readjustreadyA1reagentrealA1
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