Meaning

4 senses
  1. To have confidence in someone.

    (intransitive)To take (someone) into one's confidence; to speak in secret with.

    I could no longer keep this secret alone; I had to confide in my brother.

    She confided in me about her plan to rob the bank.

    einweihen, ins Vertrauen ziehen

    доверя́тьdoverjátʹ, дове́ритьdovéritʹ

    поклада́тисяpokladátysja

  2. (dated, transitive)To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone.

    I confide this mission to you alone.

  3. (intransitive, transitive)To say (something) in confidence.

    After several drinks, I confided my problems to the barman.

    She confided that her marriage had been in trouble for some time.

    anvertrauen

  4. To have confidence in someone.

    (archaic, intransitive)To trust or have faith (in).

    I confide in her judgement in this matter.

    You can confide in him doing the right thing.

    vertrauen

    доверя́тьсяdoverjátʹsja, дове́ритьсяdovéritʹsja

    довіря́тиdovirjáty

    confer a trust upon

Examples

63 sentences
  1. Tom confided in Mary.

    Том покладався на Мері.

    ruТом открылся Мэри.

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  2. I'd like to confide in you.

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  3. I'm going to confide in you.

    deIch werde mich dir anvertrauen.

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  4. Have you confided in anyone else?

    deHast du dich sonst noch jemandem anvertraut?

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  5. Tom shouldn't have confided in Mary.

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to trust, have faith in:
intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence:
Русский
By meaning 2
to trust, have faith in:
intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to trust, have faith in:
intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence:
to say (something) in confidence:

Origin

From Middle Scots confide, confyde (“to put trust in”), from Latin confīdere (“to put trus

From Middle Scots confide, confyde (“to put trust in”), from Latin confīdere (“to put trust in, have confidence in”), from con- (“together”) + fidēre (“to trust”). First attested in English use in the early 17th century. Doublet of faith and fidelity.

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Forms

confides, confiding, confided, confided
Base formconfide · to confide
3rd person singularconfides
Present participleconfiding
Past simpleconfided
Past participleconfided

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyconfide
he, she, itconfides

Past simpleLesson

all personsconfided

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave confided
he, she, ithas confided

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill confide

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

13 related words

See also

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