Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for confirmation

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineThinking and knowing

additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct

Fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

check

Same sentence, swapped: Fossils provided further check of the evolutionary theory.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for confirmation as it is used in the sentence above.

ratification
visa
backing

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Closest first: other thinking and knowing words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

noisenounracketthe auditory experience of sound that lacks musical qualityTreelineHas a reason line noticenounobservationthe act of noticing or paying attentionTreelineHas a reason line obsessedadjectivehauntedhaving or showing excessive or compulsive concern with somethingTreeline planningnounpreparationthe cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happeningTreelineHas a reason line advancedadjectivemodernahead of the timesTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line affairnounoccasiona formal or official social gathering or ceremony of peopleFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line affirmativeadjectiveoptimisticexpecting the bestTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line basisnounbasethe fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explainedTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line

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