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Meaning of confirmation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˌkɑn.fəɹˈmeɪ.ʃən

Definitions

  1. An official indicator that things will happen as planned.
    countable, uncountable
  2. An official indicator that things will happen as planned
  3. A verification that something is true or has happened.
    countable, uncountable
  4. A verification that something is true or has happened
  5. aanneming تأْكيد потвърждение confirmação potvrzení; biřmování die Bestätigung, die Konfirmation bekræftelse; konfirmation επιβεβαίωση, τελετή χρίσματος confirmación kinnitus; leeritamine تایید؛ مراسم به عضویت پذیری konfirmaatio confirmation אשור, אישור पुष्टिकरण potvrda, krizma, firma bérmálás, konfirmáció konfirmasi staðfesting; ferming conferma 確認 입증, 확인 patvirtinimas, konfirmacija apliecinājums; apstiprināšana; iesvētīšana pengesahan bevestiging, confirmatie, vorming bekreftelse, stadfest...
  6. A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches.
    countable, uncountable
  7. A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches
  8. a person who receives religious confirmation or is a candidate for it. aannemeling, katkisant, geloofsleerling المَمْنوح سِر التَّثْبيت кандидат за първо причастие crismando konfirmand, biřmovanec der Konfirmant konfirmant που έχει λάβει ή πρόκειται να λάβει το (χριστιανικό) χρίσμα confirmando leerilaps نامزد عضویت konfirmoitu confirmand אָדַם שְׁנִכנָס בִּבְרִית הַכּנֵסִייָה धार्मिक पूर्ण सदस्यता पाने वाला व्यक्ति या उसका उम्मीदवार potvrđenik konfirmandus, bérmálandó calon/anggota Gereja cre...
  9. An act whereby something conditional or voidable is made sure and unavoidable, especially the possession of an estate
  10. An act whereby something conditional or voidable is made sure and unavoidable, especially the possession of an estate.
    countable, uncountable
  11. The act of confirming.
  12. A Christian rite admitting a baptized person to full membership in a church.
  13. the act of confirming
  14. something that confirms; verification
  15. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a rite in several Christian churches that confirms a baptized person in his or her faith and admits him or her to full participation in the church
  16. (Philosophy) (in the philosophy of science) the relationship between an observation and the theory which it supposedly renders more probable. Compare hypothetico-deductive
  17. the state of being confirmed.
  18. something that confirms, as a corroborative statement or piece of evidence.

Equivalents

Examples

“We will send you a written confirmation of your hotel booking.”
“The announcement in the newspaper was a confirmation of my suspicions.”
“They declare ringing confirmation for their theories even in the face of feeble data.”
“The thing is, we've even had formal confirmation from Government itself that the crucial research required to make such sweeping claims hasn't been done!”
“You got a nice white dress / and a party on your confirmation. / You've got a brand new soul, / mm, and a cross of gold.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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