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  (kən-fĕs') pronunciation

v., -fessed, -fess·ing, -fess·es.

v.tr.
  1. To disclose (something damaging or inconvenient to oneself); admit. See synonyms at acknowledge.
  2. To acknowledge belief or faith in; profess.
    1. To make known (one's sins) to God or to a priest.
    2. To hear the confession of (a penitent).
v.intr.
  1. To admit or acknowledge something damaging or inconvenient to oneself: The suspect confessed to the crime.
    1. To disclose one's sins to a priest.
    2. To listen to a confession.

[Middle English confessen, from Old French confesser, from Vulgar Latin *cōnfessāre, from Latin cōnfitērī, cōnfess- : com-, intensive pref.; see com– + fatērī, to admit.]

confessable con·fess'a·ble adj.
confessedly con·fess'ed·ly (-ĭd-lē) adv.
 
 
Thesaurus: confess

verb

    To recognize, often reluctantly, the reality or truth of: acknowledge, admit, avow, concede, grant, own (up). Slang fess up. Chiefly Regional allow. See affirm/deny/argue, knowledge/ignorance.

 
Antonyms: confess

v

Definition: admit, confirm
Antonyms: conceal, deny, disavow, disown, hide, mask, repudiate, secrete

 
Word Tutor: confess
pronunciation

IN BRIEF: To admit a wrongdoing.

pronunciation I must confess; I told a terrible lie!

 
Wikipedia: Confess (song)

Confess is a popular song written by Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss.

The song figures in the early careers of two important female singers:

  1. In 1947, Doris Day was making a transition from a Big band singer, most recently with Les Brown, to a solo vocalist. Her first major record away from the band was a duet with Buddy Clark, with this song on one side and "Love Somebody" on the other. The record became a two-sided hit, the first two of a string of hits for Day that made her one of the top female singers in popular music.
  2. About the same time, Mercury Records was planning to record the song as a vehicle for Frankie Laine. They were persuaded instead to give the song to a young female singer, who had not, at the time, a single hit: Patti Page. Page's manager, Jack Rael, succeeded in getting Mercury to let her record the song, but because of a low budget, a second singer could not be hired, so Rael suggested that Page sing the second part as well. The novelty of her doing two voices on one record probably contributed to the song becoming a top twenty hit for her. This became not only the first of many hits for Patti Page, but the first song on which a singer did more than one track. For Patti Page, multi-tracking became a trademark of her style, while others, such as Les Paul and Mary Ford, as well as Jane Turzy, took up this practice as well.

The Day/Clark recording was recorded on November 21, 1947, and issued by Columbia Records as catalog number 38174, and first reached the Billboard chart on June 26, 1948, lasting 11 weeks and peaking at #16 on the chart. [1]

The Page recording was recorded on December 3, 1947, and issued by Mercury Records as catalog number 5129, and first reached the Billboard chart on July 2, 1948, lasting 10 weeks and peaking at #12. [1]

Another recording, by Nat King Cole and the King Cole Trio, was recorded on November 6, 1947, and released by Capitol Records as catalog number ETB-391.

References

  1. ^ a b

    Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940-1955. Record Research. 


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Translations: Translations for: Confess

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - tilstå, bekende, vedkende sig, skrifte, tage til skrifte
v. intr. - tilstå, bekende

Nederlands (Dutch)
bekennen, opbiechten, de biecht afnemen

Français (French)
v. tr. - confesser, avouer, admettre, (Relig) se confesser de, aller se confesser
v. intr. - avouer (avoir fait), (Relig) se confesser

Deutsch (German)
v. - gestehen, bekennen, zugeben

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ομολογώ (ενοχή κ.λπ.), παραδέχομαι, (θρησκ.) εξομολογώ/-ούμαι

Italiano (Italian)
riconoscere, confessare, ammettere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - confessar, confessar-se

Русский (Russian)
признаваться, исповедоваться

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - reconocer, admitir, confesar
v. intr. - reconocerse, admitirse, confesarse, hacer una confesión, admisión o reconocimiento

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - bekänna, erkänna, bikta sig

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
坦白, 承认, 供认, 听取...忏悔, 向...忏悔, 表明信仰..., 交代, 忏悔

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 坦白, 承認, 供認, 聽取...懺悔, 向...懺悔, 表明信仰...
v. intr. - 供認, 承認, 交代, 懺悔

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 고백하다, 인정하다, 의 참회를 듣다
v. intr. - 을 인정하다, 신앙 고백을 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 白状する, 認める, 告解する, 告解を聞く

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) اعترف, أقر ب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הודה ב-, שמע וידוי, וידה, התוודה‬
v. intr. - ‮הודה ב-, התוודה‬

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