Back and Confirm

Back

Back verb - To provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea).
Usage example: the author needs to back her thesis with more facts

Confirm is a synonym for back in support topic. In some cases you can use "Confirm" instead a verb "Back".

Confirm

Confirm verb - To give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of.
Usage example: several eyewitnesses who can confirm the defendant's account of what happened

Back is a synonym for confirm in support topic. Sometimes you can use "Back" instead a verb "Confirm", if it concerns topics such as ratify.

Common collocations

claim back claim confirm claim
theory back theory confirm theory
times back times confirm times
claims back claims confirm claims

Both words in one sentence

  • In Sin City, after Hartigan's bullet causes the assassin chasing them -Roark Junior- to crash, he tells Nancy to pull over so he can go back and confirm the kill.
  • They were forced to put in a shot of Tree Trunks after the credits, skipping around in an alternate dimension to confirm to the audience that she was okay and that she would come back.
  • Likewise, the same is used after the switch is undone, allowing Gohan to confirm that Goku is back to normal.
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