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REAFFIRM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reaffirm mean? 

REAFFIRM (verb)
  The verb REAFFIRM has 1 sense:

1. affirm once againplay

  Familiarity information: REAFFIRM used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


REAFFIRM (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they reaffirm  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it reaffirms  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: reaffirmed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: reaffirmed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: reaffirming  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Affirm once again

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

He reaffirmed his faith in the church

Hypernyms (to "reaffirm" is one way to...):

affirm (say yes to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

reaffirmation (renewed affirmation)


 Context examples 


A human nutrition study reaffirms the health benefits of substituting refined-grain products like white bread with whole-grain foods like whole-wheat bread, oatmeal, barley, rye, and brown or wild rice.

(Whole Grains Deliver on Health Benefits, U.S. Department of Agriculture)



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