confirmation
Syllables: con·fir·ma·tion/ˌkɒn.fəˈmeɪ.ʃən/US/ˌkɑn.fəɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/
confirmation noun: an official indicator that things will happen as planned.
Noun
confirmation (countable and uncountable, plural confirmations)
- An official indicator that things will happen as planned.
- We will send you a written confirmation of your hotel booking.
- Synonyms:
- roboration
- A verification that something is true or has happened.
- 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.1999 March 20, Natalie Angiers, The Guardian
- Synonyms:
- corroboration, roboration
- 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.
- 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.1977, “Only the Good Die Young”, in Billy Joel (music), The Stranger
- An act whereby something conditional or voidable is made sure and unavoidable, especially the possession of an estate.
confirmation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
confirmation in Hindi
- indicator
- प्रतिज्ञापन pratijñāpan
- verification
- प्रतिज्ञापन pratijñāpan
confirmation in Tamil
- உறுதி ஆக்கம், உறுதியாக்கம், உறுதி செய்தல், உறுதிப்பாடு, நிரந்தரமாக்கு, நிலைப்படுத்து
confirmation in Urdu
- confirmation
- تصدیق tasdīq
confirmation in Bengali
- confirmation, corroboration
- সমর্থন śomorthon
More languagesFewer languages
- confirmation in Telugu
- నిర్ధారణ
- confirmation in Malayalam
- ഠിക്കാനം ṭhikkānaṁ
- confirmation in Kannada
- ದೃಢೀಕರಿಸುವಿಕೆ, ದೃಢಪಡಿಸುವಿಕೆ
- confirmation in Punjabi
- ਤਸਦੀਕ਼ tasdīq
- confirmation in Gujarati
- પુષ્ટિ, પુષ્ટી
- confirmation in Odia
- ନିଶ୍ଚିତକରଣ
- confirmation in Sanskrit
- दार्ढ्य dārḍhya
- confirmation in Nepali
- पुष्टि, पुष्टिकरण
- confirmation in Pashto
- ډاډ ḍāḍ
- confirmation in Tagalog
- patotoo, patutoo, kumpil, pagkukumpil
- confirmation in Arabic
- تَأْكِيد taʔkīd, سِرّ المَيْرُون sirr al-mayrūn
- confirmation in Malay
- pengesahan, penguatan, penetapan
- confirmation in Indonesian
- konfirmasi, krisma, penguatan
- confirmation in Persian
- تایید ta'yid
- confirmation in Vietnamese
- sự xác nhận
Examples of confirmation in a sentence
- Atheists argue that there is no experiential confirmation for the existence of a god.
- The confirmation of the theory relied on evidence from the micrometazoan elements of the fossile record.
- Senate confirmation hearings are a real meatgrinder, discouraging people from government service.
Synonyms of confirmation
Forms of confirmation
| plural | confirmations |
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Origin of confirmation
From Middle English confirmacioun, from Old French confirmacion, from Latin cōnfirmātiō, noun of process from cōnfirmātus (“confirmed”), perfect passive participle of cōnfirmāre, from con- (“with”) + firmāre (“to firm or strengthen”). Morphologically confirm + -ation.
Words formed from confirmation
Phrases with confirmation
Words that rhyme with confirmation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about confirmation
- What does confirmation mean?
- Confirmation means an official indicator that things will happen as planned.
- What is confirmation in Hindi?
- Confirmation in Hindi is प्रतिज्ञापन (pratijñāpan). See Confirmation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is confirmation?
- Confirmation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce confirmation?
- Confirmation is pronounced /ˌkɑn.fəɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/ (US).
- What is the plural of confirmation?
- The plural of confirmation is confirmations.
Words near confirmation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: confirmation (page history and authors); confirmation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); تصدیق (Urdu) (page history and authors); সমর্থন (Bengali) (page history and authors); confirmation (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ഠിക്കാനം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); confirmation (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ਤਸਦੀਕ਼ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); confirmation (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); confirmation (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); दार्ढ्य (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); confirmation (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ډاډ (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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