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1. (n.) confidence
belief in the powers, trustworthiness, or reliability of a person or thing; trust; reliance.
2. confidence
belief in oneself and one's powers or abilities; self-confidence.
3. confidence
certitude; assurance:
to speak with confidence of a fact.
4. confidence
a confidential communication:
to exchange confidences.
5. confidence
(esp. in European politics) the wish to retain an incumbent government in office, as shown by a vote on a particular issue.
6. confidence
presumption; impudence.
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| Definition of 'confidence' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness
freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
"his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that failure he lost his confidence"; "she spoke with authority"
2. (noun) confidence
a feeling of trust (in someone or something)
"I have confidence in our team"; "confidence is always borrowed, never owned"
3. (noun) confidence
a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable
"public confidence in the economy"
4. (noun) confidence, trust
a trustful relationship
"he took me into his confidence"; "he betrayed their trust"
5. (noun) confidence
a secret that is confided or entrusted to another
"everyone trusted him with their confidences"; "the priest could not reveal her confidences"
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1. (noun) confidence
the feeling of being sure and proud of yourself and your abilities
"Yes, I can," he said with confidence.; to have the confidence to do sth; to lack confidence; The team seemed to be losing confidence.; He began to regain his confidence.
2. confidence
gain/regain confidence
the belief that sb can be trusted to do well
I have a lot of confidence in our employees.; a lack of confidence; to restore confidence in the economy
3. confidence
lose confidence in
to stop believing sb can do sth well
a country that has lost confidence in its government
4. confidence
the belief that sth is right
I can say with confidence that we've solved it.
5. confidence
in confidence
trusting that sb will not tell your secret
information given in the strictest confidence
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| Definition of 'confidence' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) confidence
the act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; -- formerly followed by of, now commonly by in
2. (noun) confidence
that in which faith is put or reliance had
3. (noun) confidence
the state of mind characterized by one's reliance on himself, or his circumstances; a feeling of self-sufficiency; such assurance as leads to a feeling of security; self-reliance; -- often with self prefixed
4. (noun) confidence
private conversation; (pl.) secrets shared; as, there were confidences between them
5. (noun) confidence
trustful; without fear or suspicion; frank; unreserved
6. (noun) confidence
having self-reliance; bold; undaunted
7. (noun) confidence
having an excess of assurance; bold to a fault; dogmatical; impudent; presumptuous
8. (noun) confidence
giving occasion for confidence
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| Definitions of 'confidence' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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confidence
The one big lesson the world needs most to learn.
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Sense: trust or belief in someone's ability
I have great confidence in you.
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 Afrikaans: vertroue, sekerheid, vrym |
 Arabic: ثِقَه |
 Bulgarian: доверие |
 Brazilian: confiança |
 Czech: důvěra |
 German: das Vertrauen |
 Danish: tiltro; tillid |
 Greek: εμπιστοσύνη |
 Spanish: confianza |
 Estonian: usaldus |
 Farsi: اعتماد؛ اطمینان |
 Finnish: luottamus |
 French: confiance |
 Hebrew: בִּטָחוֹן |
 Hindi: भरोसा |
 Croatian: povjerenje |
 Hungarian: bizalom |
 Indonesian: kepercayaan |
 Icelandic: traust |
 Italian: fiducia |
 Japanese: 信頼 |
 Korean: 신뢰 |
 Lithuanian: (pasi)tikėjimas |
 Latvian: uzticēšanās; uzticība |
 Malay: yakin |
 Dutch: vertrouwen |
 Norwegian: tillit |
 Polish: zaufanie |
 Persian: اعتماد؛ اطمینان |
 Pashto: وړيا، باور، اعتماد، ډاډ: |
 Portuguese: confiança |
 Romanian: încredere |
 Russian: доверие |
 Slovak: dôvera |
 Slovenian: zaupanje |
 Serbian: poverenje |
 Swedish: förtroende, tillit |
 Thai: ความไว้เนื้อเชื่อใจ |
 Turkish: güven, itimat |
 Taiwanese: 信任 |
 Ukrainian: довір'я |
 Urdu: اعتماد، يقين، بهروسه |
 Vietnamese: sự tin tưởng |
 Chinese: 信任 |
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