Definition of Confidence in English :

Define Confidence in English

Confidence meaning in English

Meaning of Confidence in English

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Confidence pronunciation in English

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Confidence

see synonyms of confidence

Noun

1. assurance, authority, confidence, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness

freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities

Example Sentences:
'his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular'
'after that failure he lost his confidence'
'she spoke with authority'

2. confidence

a feeling of trust (in someone or something)

Example Sentences:
'I have confidence in our team'
'confidence is always borrowed, never owned'

3. confidence

a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable

Example Sentences:
'public confidence in the economy'

4. confidence, trust

a trustful relationship

Example Sentences:
'he took me into his confidence'
'he betrayed their trust'

5. confidence

a secret that is confided or entrusted to another

Example Sentences:
'everyone trusted him with their confidences'
'the priest could not reveal her confidences'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Confidence

see synonyms of confidence
noun
1. 
a feeling of trust in a person or thing
I have confidence in his abilities
2. 
belief in one's own abilities; self-assurance
3. 
trust or a trustful relationship
take me into your confidence
4. 
something confided or entrusted; secret
5.  in confidence

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Confidence

see synonyms of confidence
noun
1. 
firm belief; trust; reliance
2. 
the fact of being or feeling certain; assurance
3. 
belief in one's own abilities; self-confidence
4. 
a relationship as confidant
take me into your confidence
5. 
the belief that another will keep a secret; assurance of secrecy
told in strict confidence
6. 
something told as a secret
7.  Bible
object of trust: Prov. 3:26
adjective US
8. 
swindling or used to swindle

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Confidence

see synonyms of confidence
n.
1.
a. A belief or conviction that an outcome will be favorable: I have every confidence that we can find a solution.
b. Belief in the certainty of something: The engineers determined with confidence that the ship could withstand heavy seas.
2. Belief in the effectiveness of one's own abilities or in one's favorable acceptance by others; self-confidence.
3. Trust or faith in a person or thing: We are placing our confidence in you to get the job done. See Synonyms at trust.
4. A trusting relationship: I took them into my confidence.
5.
a. That which is confided; a secret: A friend does not betray confidences.
b. A feeling of assurance that a confidant will keep a secret: I am telling you this in strict confidence.
adj.
Of, relating to, or involving a swindle or fraud: a confidence scheme; a confidence trickster.

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