| 单词 | confirmation |
| 释义 | confirmation (once / 676 pages) 1n 2n 3n A confirmation provides proof that something is true. An example might be when you receive confirmation that your flight will be on time, or you find out that something you thought might have happened actually did occur. Confirmation is verification or final proof of something. In the church, confirmation is a rite in which a person if awarded full acceptance into — i.e., confirmed in — the religion, usually presented in a ceremony attended by family and friends. You can see how that ties in with the more general definition of substantiation of a fact or assertion. Confirmation is an obvious derivative of the verb confirm. WORD FAMILYconfirmation: confirmations+/confirm: confirmable, confirmation, confirmative, confirmatory, confirmed, confirming, confirms, reconfirm/confirmative: confirmatively/confirmed: confirmedly, unconfirmed/confirming: confirmingest, confirmingly, disconfirming/reconfirm: reconfirmed, reconfirming, reconfirms USAGE EXAMPLESOthers nominees, such as retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis for defense secretary, should easily win confirmation. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Appeals Court Judge Merrick Garland, Democrats are promising a bruising confirmation fight. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) A Parma native and Boise State University graduate, Atencio faces Senate confirmation during the upcoming legislative session, which begins on Jan. 9. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1n information that confirms or verifies Hypo|Hyper reenforcement, reinforcement information that makes more forcible or convincing certification, corroboration, documentationconfirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence info, information a message received and understood 2n additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory Syn|Hypo|Hyper check, substantiation, verification bed check a check that everyone is in bed by the time they should be crosscheckan instance of confirming something by considering information from several sources odd-even check, parity check, redundancy checka system of checking for errors in computer functioning checksuma digit representing the sum of the digits in an instance of digital data; used to check whether errors have occurred in transmission or storage cogent evidence, proof any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something 3n making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it 2confirmation of the appointment Syn|Hyper ratification agreement the verbal act of agreeing n a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church 3Hyper sacrament a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction n a ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism Hyper religious ceremony, religious ritual a ceremony having religious meaning |
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