confirmation
An official indicator that things will happen as plannedAn official indicator that things will happen as planned.
» Please cancel my order and send confirmation that this has been done.
Bitte stornieren Sie meine Bestellung und schicken Sie mir darüber eine Bestätigung.
Пожалуйста, отмените мой заказ и пришлите подтверждение, что это было сделано.
Будь ласка, відмініть моє замовлення і пришліть підтвердження, що це було зроблено.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)An official indicator that things will happen as planned.
We will send you a written confirmation of your hotel booking.
Bestätigung
подтвержде́ниеpodtverždénije
підтве́рдженняpidtvérdžennja
(countable, uncountable)A verification that something is true or has happened.
The announcement in the newspaper was a confirmation of my suspicions.
Bestätigung
подтвержде́ниеpodtverždénije
підтве́рдженняpidtvérdžennja
(countable, uncountable)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.
Firmung, Konfirmation
конфирма́цияkonfirmácija, миропома́заниеmiropomázanije
конфірма́ціяkonfirmácija, миропома́занняmyropomázannja
(countable, uncountable)An act whereby something conditional or voidable is made sure and unavoidable, especially the possession of an estate.
- a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church
- 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
- additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
- information that confirms or verifies
Examples
32 sentencesPlease cancel my order and send confirmation that this has been done.
Будь ласка, відмініть моє замовлення і пришліть підтвердження, що це було зроблено.
ruПожалуйста, отмените мой заказ и пришлите подтверждение, что это было сделано.
deBitte stornieren Sie meine Bestellung und schicken Sie mir darüber eine Bestätigung.
Thank you for the confirmation.
deDanke für die Bestätigung!
Please let me know the confirmation number you were told when you reserved the room.
Many relatives came to the confirmation.
deZur Konfirmation kamen viele Verwandte.
We don't have the official confirmation.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English confirmacioun, from Old French confirmacion, from Latin cōnfirmātiō, nFrom Middle English confirmacioun, from Old French confirmacion, from Latin cōnfirmātiō, noun of process from cōnfirmātus (“confirmed”), perfect passive participle of cōnfirmāre, from con- (“with”) + firmāre (“to firm or strengthen”).
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Forms
plural: confirmations| Singular | confirmation |
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Synonyms
6 synonyms- additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct:verificationchecksubstantiation
- making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it:ratification
Word family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable