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单词 confirmation
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Definition of confirmation in English:

confirmation

noun kɒnfəˈmeɪʃ(ə)nˌkɑnfərˈmeɪʃ(ə)n
mass noun
  • 1The action of confirming something or the state of being confirmed.

    high unemployment figures were further confirmation that the economy was in recession
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They are inductivists who seek positive confirmations.
    • You will be informed if you cannot enter the system, if it is too busy, and you will receive confirmation when the sale goes through.
    • ‘The worst is when we have to go out and do death confirmations,’ she says.
    • The Netherlands has 14 confirmations of the virus.
    • After many attempts to verify this relationship, neither confirmations nor denials could be found, only information to evoke laughter and disbelief.
    • But he has not yet received confirmation of his place in the 12-hour race.
    • It's reassuring to receive confirmation that I am not completely misguided.
    • But we have no official confirmation of what that neighboring structure just might be.
    • He received confirmation local authority houses were being built in Onion's Field.
    • But he did so some time after his department had received formal written confirmation of the fact.
    • We're waiting on official confirmation that she did indeed leave this route and it's incredible.
    • The family here may hold some sort of a press conference later today when they get official confirmation of all of that.
    • We received a letter of confirmation to this effect over the weekend.
    • Only last week I received confirmation from the council that planning permission had, in fact, been granted.
    • The existence of side letters may be difficult to ascertain, but if the risk is there, sending out confirmations to customers may really be the only way.
    • At the time of writing, no official explanation or confirmation of the circumstances under which he passed away had been made.
    • Once accreditation is approved, media will receive confirmation via e-mail.
    • It could be as long as 48 hours before health officials get official confirmation that the two have the plague, he said.
    • We still haven't received the mortgage confirmation, which is both worrying and irritating.
    • For now, airlines are trying to do this by training thousands of additional workers to recognize legitimate ticket confirmations or ways to search suitcases.
    Synonyms
    corroboration, verification, proof, testimony, endorsement, authentication, substantiation, justification, vindication, support, evidence
    ratification, approval, authorization, validation, sanction, endorsement, formalization, certification, accreditation, recognition, acceptance
    agreement to, consent to
  • 2(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.

    count noun the kind of joy mixed with tears one finds at weddings and confirmations
    Example sentencesExamples
    • From Barnashrone and Ballyfin schools, 46 children will receive their confirmation.
    • Birthdays are always celebrated, and christenings and confirmations are celebrated with large parties.
    • This will stop them inviting you to baptisms, communions, confirmations, funerals and possibly even weddings.
    • Members attend ritual events such as baptisms, confirmations, wedding ceremonies, and funerals and major religious events such as Christmas and Easter.
    • It means that we are always having to think of how people can park when they attend events such as confirmations and baptisms.
    • Local priests hold religious services and perform baptisms, confirmations, weddings, and funerals.
    • Don't forget we accept orders for all special occasions (communions, birthdays, confirmations and stations).
    • The jail may be his favorite place to do confirmations.
    • Parents are asked to encourage the children who received confirmation on April 1 to give it serious thought.
    • However he declined, feeling awkward at events requiring physical contact, such as graduations or confirmations.
    • Important occasions like births, baptisms, confirmations, marriages and deaths were carefully recorded in their big black family bibles.
    • This especially applies to the parents of the boys and girls who received confirmation in the parish on April 1.
    1. 2.1 The Jewish ceremony of bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The first time a Jewish confirmation was conducted seems to have been in the modern Jewish school in Dessau in 1803.
      • At the age of thirteen, he had a traditional Jewish confirmation which was soon followed by an interest in Catholicism.
      • Liberal and Reform synagogues have abandoned their erstwhile preference for confirmation over Bar and Batmitzvah.
      • Jewish confirmation includes boys and girls and was developed to extend a young person's Jewish education later into their teen years.

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from Latin confirmatio(n-), from confirmare 'make firm, establish' (see confirm).

 
 

Definition of confirmation in US English:

confirmation

nounˌkänfərˈmāSH(ə)nˌkɑnfərˈmeɪʃ(ə)n
  • 1The action of confirming something or the state of being confirmed.

    Sylvia received official confirmation of the instructorship
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Once accreditation is approved, media will receive confirmation via e-mail.
    • It could be as long as 48 hours before health officials get official confirmation that the two have the plague, he said.
    • We're waiting on official confirmation that she did indeed leave this route and it's incredible.
    • We still haven't received the mortgage confirmation, which is both worrying and irritating.
    • But he did so some time after his department had received formal written confirmation of the fact.
    • But we have no official confirmation of what that neighboring structure just might be.
    • Only last week I received confirmation from the council that planning permission had, in fact, been granted.
    • They are inductivists who seek positive confirmations.
    • The family here may hold some sort of a press conference later today when they get official confirmation of all of that.
    • The existence of side letters may be difficult to ascertain, but if the risk is there, sending out confirmations to customers may really be the only way.
    • He received confirmation local authority houses were being built in Onion's Field.
    • It's reassuring to receive confirmation that I am not completely misguided.
    • ‘The worst is when we have to go out and do death confirmations,’ she says.
    • For now, airlines are trying to do this by training thousands of additional workers to recognize legitimate ticket confirmations or ways to search suitcases.
    • You will be informed if you cannot enter the system, if it is too busy, and you will receive confirmation when the sale goes through.
    • We received a letter of confirmation to this effect over the weekend.
    • After many attempts to verify this relationship, neither confirmations nor denials could be found, only information to evoke laughter and disbelief.
    • But he has not yet received confirmation of his place in the 12-hour race.
    • The Netherlands has 14 confirmations of the virus.
    • At the time of writing, no official explanation or confirmation of the circumstances under which he passed away had been made.
    Synonyms
    corroboration, verification, proof, testimony, endorsement, authentication, substantiation, justification, vindication, support, evidence
    ratification, approval, authorization, validation, sanction, endorsement, formalization, certification, accreditation, recognition, acceptance
  • 2(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.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Important occasions like births, baptisms, confirmations, marriages and deaths were carefully recorded in their big black family bibles.
    • The jail may be his favorite place to do confirmations.
    • Parents are asked to encourage the children who received confirmation on April 1 to give it serious thought.
    • It means that we are always having to think of how people can park when they attend events such as confirmations and baptisms.
    • Local priests hold religious services and perform baptisms, confirmations, weddings, and funerals.
    • Members attend ritual events such as baptisms, confirmations, wedding ceremonies, and funerals and major religious events such as Christmas and Easter.
    • This will stop them inviting you to baptisms, communions, confirmations, funerals and possibly even weddings.
    • Birthdays are always celebrated, and christenings and confirmations are celebrated with large parties.
    • However he declined, feeling awkward at events requiring physical contact, such as graduations or confirmations.
    • Don't forget we accept orders for all special occasions (communions, birthdays, confirmations and stations).
    • This especially applies to the parents of the boys and girls who received confirmation in the parish on April 1.
    • From Barnashrone and Ballyfin schools, 46 children will receive their confirmation.
    1. 2.1 The Jewish ceremony of bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Liberal and Reform synagogues have abandoned their erstwhile preference for confirmation over Bar and Batmitzvah.
      • Jewish confirmation includes boys and girls and was developed to extend a young person's Jewish education later into their teen years.
      • At the age of thirteen, he had a traditional Jewish confirmation which was soon followed by an interest in Catholicism.
      • The first time a Jewish confirmation was conducted seems to have been in the modern Jewish school in Dessau in 1803.

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from Latin confirmatio(n-), from confirmare ‘make firm, establish’ (see confirm).

 
 
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