confirmation
Meaning of confirmation
- the action of confirming something or the state of being confirmed.
high unemployment figures were further confirmation that the economy was in recession
- (in the Christian Church) the rite at which a baptized person, especially one baptized as an infant, affirms Christian belief and is admitted as a full member of the Church.
the kind of joy mixed with tears one finds at weddings and confirmations
Middle English: via Old French from Latin confirmatio(n- ), from confirmare ‘make firm, establish’ (see confirm).
Information about confirmation
- It is a name.
- The plural form of confirmation is: confirmations.
- Languages in which confirmation is used:
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Hyphenation of confirmation
con-fir-ma-tion
- It consists of 4 syllables and 12 chars.
- confirmation is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
confirmation synonyms
Meaning verification:
verification, check, substantiation
Meaning ratification:
Meaning evidence which confirms or supports a statement, theory, or finding; confirmation:
Meaning evidence or argument establishing a fact or the truth of a statement:
Meaning evidence or proof of something:
Meaning the action of endorsing someone or something:
Meaning the process or action of proving or showing something to be true, genuine, or valid:
Meaning the action of showing something to be right or reasonable:
Meaning the action of clearing someone of blame or suspicion:
Meaning a thing that bears the weight of something or keeps it upright:
Meaning the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid:
Meaning the action of approving something:
Meaning the action of authorizing:
Meaning the action of checking or proving the validity or accuracy of something:
Meaning official permission or approval for an action:
Meaning the action or process of providing someone or something with an official document attesting to a status or level of achievement:
Meaning the action or process of officially recognizing someone as having a particular status or being qualified to perform a particular activity:
Meaning identification of someone or something or person from previous encounters or knowledge:
Meaning the action of consenting to receive or undertake something offered:
Translation of confirmation
- Italian: affermazione, verifica, confermazione
- German: Bestätigung, Konfirmation
- Spanish: afirmación, confirmación, chequeo, verificación, sustanciación
- French: affirmation, confirmation, vérification
- Portuguese: confirmação, verificação
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