confirmation

An official message showing that a booking, order, or arrangement has been accepted and will go ahead.

• Your booking confirmation arrived today.
• Please keep the confirmation email.
• Have you received written confirmation of your appointment?

How to use it: confirmation of something (We received confirmation of our hotel reservation.); confirmation that… (I got confirmation that my order had been accepted.)

Similar words: acknowledgment

Common phrases: booking confirmation, confirmation email, written confirmation

Checking or stating again that a statement or promise is true or still agreed.

• We are waiting for confirmation of the report.
• Her email provided confirmation that the promise still stood.
• The editor requested confirmation before publishing the statement.

How to use it: confirmation of something (We need confirmation of the minister's statement.); confirmation that… (They sought confirmation that the promise still stood.)

Similar words: verification, reaffirmation

Common phrases: confirmation of something, official confirmation, seek confirmation

A Christian ceremony in which someone publicly accepts their faith and becomes a fuller member of the church.

• Her confirmation is next Sunday.
• The bishop led the confirmation ceremony.
• They attended classes to prepare for confirmation.

Common phrases: confirmation ceremony, confirmation classes, prepare for confirmation