confirmation
Americannoun
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an act or instance of confirming, or of establishing someone or something, as by verifying, approving, or corroborating.
The study is an attempt at the scientific confirmation of previous anecdotal results.
The nomination and confirmation of this candidate as Court of Appeals Judge is a step in the right direction.
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Religion.
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a rite in some Christian churches, in which baptized individuals profess their faith, are accorded status as full members, and, in some denominations, receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
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a solemn ceremony among Reform and certain Conservative Jews, admitting young people to adult membership in the Jewish community after completion of a prescribed course of study.
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something that confirms, confirm, as a corroborative statement or piece of evidence.
His birth certificate served as confirmation of his citizenship.
noun
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the act of confirming
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something that confirms; verification
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a rite in several Christian churches that confirms a baptized person in his or her faith and admits him or her to full participation in the church
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(in the philosophy of science) the relationship between an observation and the theory which it supposedly renders more probable Compare hypothetico-deductive
Other Word Forms
- confirmational adjective
- nonconfirmation noun
- preconfirmation noun
- reconfirmation noun
- self-confirmation noun
- superconfirmation noun
Etymology
Origin of confirmation
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Old French and Latin confirmātiōn-, stem of confirmātiō; confirm, -ation
Example Sentences
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Slater had received bipartisan support at her Senate confirmation last year.
From BBC
Even though this single detection was unusually precise, confirmation requires seeing the same event happen again at regular intervals.
From Science Daily
Additional confirmation comes from the successful hold of the Jan. 20 gap fill, the day before a 12% earnings reaction.
From Barron's
For football fans around the world, some of the prices on FIFA's resale site are confirmation of what they have railed against since the tournament draw in December.
From Barron's
While officials have pointed the finger of suspicion at Moscow over last year's unexplained flights, there has so far been no concrete confirmation that the Kremlin was responsible.
From Barron's
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