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Plural of confirmation

regular plural

The plural of confirmation is confirmations.

Forms of confirmation

Singularconfirmation /ˌkɑn.fəɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/
Pluralconfirmations
Countablecountable and uncountable

Confirmations in a sentence

  • A suffragan could share the tasks which were special to bishops; for example, by conducting confirmations.2015, GR Evans, Edward Hicks: Pacifist Bishop at War. From the entry suffragan
  • A possible application may be found in diffuse meningiomatosis but further confirmations are needed.2015 June 3, Giulia Cossu et al., “The Role of Mifepristone in Meningiomas Management: A Systematic Review of the Literature”, in BioMed…. From the entry meningiomatosis
  • Of the msgs on the voicemail we checked, what surprised us the most were the appointment confirmations from gun ranges and attendance requests from Hasidics seeking a minyan.2015, Joshua Cohen, “From the Palo Alto Sessions”, in Book of Numbers: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 0.212. From the entry msg
  • Henry IV provided royal confirmations to several minor Chancery officials , including the spigurnel of Chancery, along with letters patent confirming the office of “chaufeire” within Chancery.1999, Medieval Prosopography - Volume 20, page 203. From the entry spigurnel
  • I was by now beginning to get used to “affirmatives”, “negatives”, “nixes” (strong negatives), “checks” (confirmations), and even beginning to think of things ranging from A to Zee.1991, Gopal Baratham, chapter 6, in A Candle or The Sun, Serpent’s Tail, →ISBN, page 62. From the entry from A to Zee

Meaning of confirmation

  1. noun An official indicator that things will happen as planned.
  2. noun A verification that something is true or has happened.
  3. noun 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.

Full definition of confirmation

Questions about the plural of confirmation

What is the plural of confirmation?
The plural of confirmation is confirmations.
Is confirmation countable?
Confirmation is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: confirmation (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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