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  3. /confessed

confessed

UK/kən'fest/US/kәn'fest/
B2

Definitions

adj.

Openly admitted or acknowledged.

已坦白承认的;公认的

Root Breakdown

Root-derived
con-together, with
+
fessprofession, occupation, declaration
+
-edpast tense / completed
=confessed

Past participle of confess used as an adjective: openly admitted. See confess.

Root fess still carries 23 more words

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    By his own confessed account, he had been careless.

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