🇬🇧 Affirmation meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

An affirmation is when someone says something nice, encouraging, or supportive to themselves or others. People use affirmations to boost confidence, feel happy, or remind themselves of good things.

My mom gave me an affirmation this morning: “You’re amazing… now clean your room.”

I wrote an affirmation on my notebook: “I will not lose my homework!” Then I lost my notebook.

My little brother said, “You’re not the worst!” I’ll take that as an affirmation.

My dad gave me an affirmation: “You have great potential… if you ever decide to use it.”

I tried using daily affirmations, but my mirror keeps laughing at me.

Before the play, she reads the small affirmation on the mirror. Her father folds another affirmation into her pocket. The teacher leans close and whispers an affirmation. A friend presses an affirmation note into her hand. The audience's warm affirmation becomes applause. She breathes, smiles, and steps proudly on stage.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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