confirmationnoun
uk/ˌkɒn.fəˈmeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌkɑːn.fɚˈmeɪ.ʃən/confirmation noun (CERTAIN)
B2 [ C or U ] a statement, often written, that an arrangement or meeting is certain:
a letter of confirmation
We've only received five confirmations for the conference so far.
We will send you written confirmation of our offer shortly.
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- Thank you for your booking. You will receive confirmation in the post within three working days.
- If you need any confirmation of my story, just go and look outside.
- This kind of story should never be published without official confirmation.
- They have found a body but, as yet, we do not have confirmation that it is the missing girl.
- If I was in any doubt about who had eaten the cake, Jack's chocolate-smeared face was enough confirmation!
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Planning, expecting and arranging
- accidentally
- accidentally on purpose idiom
- advertent
- advisedly
- aim
- aim at sth
- calculate
- chart
- engineer
- in the pipeline idiom
- intend
- intent
- intention
- intentional
- promise
- scheme
- scientific
- see sth coming idiom
- set sth up
- strategic
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confirmation noun (PROOF)
[ U ] a statement or proof that something is true:
We are still awaiting confirmation of the exact number of casualties.
Her confession was no surprise to him, - just the confirmation of a long-held suspicion.
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Planning, expecting and arranging
- accidentally
- accidentally on purpose idiom
- advertent
- advisedly
- aim
- aim at sth
- calculate
- chart
- engineer
- in the pipeline idiom
- intend
- intent
- intention
- intentional
- promise
- scheme
- scientific
- see sth coming idiom
- set sth up
- strategic
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confirmation noun (RELIGION)
[ C or U ] a ceremony in which someone is confirmed into the Christian Church
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Religious ceremonies & prayers
- alleluia
- amen
- anoint
- baptism
- bar mitzvah
- blessing
- burnt offering
- confirm
- consecrate
- creed
- dedicate
- devotion
- Eucharist
- incense
- matins
- ordination
- Our Father
- pray
- prayer
- sermon
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