Meaning

3 senses
  1. Very sure of something; positive.

    I'm pretty confident that she's not lying, she's acting normally.

    He was confident of success.

    zuversichtlich, sicher

    уве́ренныйuvérennyj

    впе́вненийvpévnenyj, пе́внийpévnyj

    persuaded of; very sure

  2. Self-assured, self-reliant, sure of oneself.

  3. (derogatory, obsolete)Forward, impudent.

Examples

543 sentences
  1. Tom is very confident, isn't he?

    Том дуже самовпевнений, так?

    deTom ist sehr selbstbewusst, nicht wahr?

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  2. I wonder if Tom is confident.

    Мені цікаво, чи Том упевнений у собі.

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  3. I wonder whether Tom is confident.

    Мені цікаво, чи Том упевнений у собі.

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  4. Tom needs to be more confident.

    Тому потрібно бути більш упевненим.

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  5. I'm confident Tom will keep his promise.

    Я впевнений, що Том дотримається своєї обіцянки.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
being very sure of or positive about something:
Русский
By meaning 1
being very sure of or positive about something:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
being very sure of or positive about something:

Origin

From Middle French confident, from Latin confidens (“confident, i.e. self-confident, in a

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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Forms

more confident, most confident
Comparativemore confident Lesson
Superlativemost confident Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
sure-footed
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

19 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • sound very confident
  • pretty confident
  • look very confident
  • feel pretty confident
  • was very confident
  • as confident as
  • feel very confident
  • seem very confident
  • sound confident
  • didn't sound confident
  • quite confident
  • more confident

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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