confirming meaning and definition

CONFIRMING adjective

Definition of confirming (adjective)

1. indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen
   • "a positive pregnancy test"
   • synonyms: positive
   • antonym: disconfirming
2. serving to support or corroborate
   • "collateral evidence"
   • synonyms: collateral, confirmative, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying