confident

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15
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18
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈkɒnfɪdənt/
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/ˈkɒnfɪdənt/ · [ˈkʰɔɱ.fɪ.dənt] · [-dn̩t] · /ˈkɑnfɪdənt/ · [ˈkʰɑɱ.fə.dənt] · /ˈkɔnfɪɖəɳʈ/ · /kənfɪˈɖɛɳʈ/

Definition of confident

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Very sure of something; positive.
    “I'm pretty confident that she's not lying, she's acting normally.”
    “He was confident of success.”
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adj

  1. Very sure of something; positive.
    “I'm pretty confident that she's not lying, she's acting normally.”
    “He was confident of success.”
  2. Self-assured, self-reliant, sure of oneself.
  3. (derogatory, obsolete)Forward, impudent.
    “I was rated as the most confident ruffian, for daring to approach her room at that hour of night.”

noun

  1. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of confidant.
    “He managed this consultation with exceeding secrecy, admitting only four or five of his confidents, on whom he most relied”
    “a certain Lawyer , a great Confident of the Rebels”

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Etymology

From Middle French confident, from Latin confidens (“confident, i.e. self-confident, in a good or bad sense, bold, daring, audacious, impudent”), present participle of confidere (“to trust fully, confide”). See confide.

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