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# confirmation

noun (confirmation, a confirmation, confirmations)

«confirmation» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Confirmation is a message or proof that something is true or definitely happening, like a booking confirmation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confirmation/#m1)
2. (church) Confirmation is a Christian ceremony in which a young person or adult, usually already baptised, confirms their faith for themselves, often with a bishop laying hands on them and praying. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confirmation/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, adults get confirmation emails for orders, tickets and appointments. In science, an experiment that matches the prediction gives confirmation. In church life, Catholic children often have confirmation at around ten to fourteen, choosing a saint's name; Anglicans and Lutherans also confirm young people. Phrases: booking confirmation, get confirmation, confirmation of, confirmation class, be confirmed.

### Examples

- We got an email confirmation for the cinema tickets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confirmation/#x1)
- The teacher waited for confirmation that the trip was on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confirmation/#x2)
- My sister's confirmation is at the cathedral with the bishop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confirmation/#x3)
- At confirmation, Ciara chose the name Brigid. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confirmation/#x4)
- The test result gave confirmation of our guess. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confirmation/#x5)
- Confirmation classes are on Wednesday evenings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confirmation/#x6)
- The clothes were ready, and the candidate for confirmation was ready. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confirmation/#x7)

### Note

Countable or uncountable. Verb confirm (confirmed). In the church sense people say "be confirmed": "I was confirmed when I was eleven."

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «confirmation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confirmation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«confirmation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/confirmation.html) on Mova free.