# confirming

Pronunciation: say "kuhn-FURM-ing" US /kənˈfɝmɪŋ/, UK /kənˈfɜːmɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of confirm. — present participle and gerund of confirm
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of confirm. Use this form for an action happening now or as the name of the action.
   - _The bank is confirming the transaction before releasing the funds._
   - _Confirming the witness's account proved difficult after so many years._

## Noun

2. The act of making something definite, certain, or officially valid, or a single instance of doing so.
   - Simple: The act of saying that something is true, correct, or official.
   - _The formal confirming of the treaty took place at dawn before the assembled delegates._
   - _A second confirming of the figures was required before the report could be published._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/confirming (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).