confirmation

confirmation

Message officiel indiquant qu’une réservation, une commande ou un arrangement est accepté et sera réalisé.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : confirmation of something (We received confirmation of our hotel reservation.); confirmation that… (I got confirmation that my order had been accepted.)

Synonymes : acknowledgment

Expressions courantes : booking confirmation, confirmation email, written confirmation

confirmation, vérification

Action de vérifier ou de réaffirmer qu’une information est vraie ou qu’un engagement tient toujours.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : confirmation of something (We need confirmation of the minister's statement.); confirmation that… (They sought confirmation that the promise still stood.)

Synonymes : verification, reaffirmation

Expressions courantes : confirmation of something, official confirmation, seek confirmation

confirmation

Cérémonie chrétienne où une personne affirme publiquement sa foi et devient plus pleinement membre de l’Église.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : confirmation ceremony, confirmation classes, prepare for confirmation