confident (ˈkɒnfɪdənt
)
Definitions
adjective
- (postpositive) foll by of having or showing confidence or certainty; sure ⇒
confident of success
- sure of oneself; bold
- presumptuous; excessively bold
Alternative Forms
ˈconfidently adverbWord Origin
C16: from Latin confīdens trusting, having self-confidence, from confīdere to have complete trust in; see confideSynonyms
View thesaurus entry=
self-assured,
positive,
assured,
bold,
assertive,
self-confident,
self-reliant,
self-possessed,
sure of yourself
can-do,
Translations
- British English:
confident
If you are confident about something, you are certain that it will happen in the way you want it to.I'm confident that we will succeed.ˈkɒnfɪdənt ADJECTIVE I'm confident that we will succeed.
- Spanish: seguro de sí mismo adj segura de sí misma
- French:
sûr de soi
adj
- German:
selbstsicher
adj
- Chinese: 确信的 adj
- Arabic: واثِق adj
- Portuguese: confiante adj
- Russian: уверенный adj уверенная
- Croatian: samopouzdan adj samopouzdana
- Czech: jistý adj
- Danish: selvsikker adj
- Dutch: zelfverzekerd adj
- Finnish: luottavainen adj
- Greek: σίγουρος adj σίγουρη
- Italian: sicuro di sé adj sicura di sé
- Japanese: 確信して no_posp
- Korean: 확신하는 adj
- Norwegian: trygg adj
- Polish: pewny adj pewna
- Brazilian Portuguese: confiante adj
- European Spanish: seguro de sí mismo adj segura de sí misma
- Swedish: självsäker adj självsäkert
- Thai: ที่มั่นใจ adj
- Turkish: kendine güvenen adj
- Vietnamese: tự tin adj
Usage examples
The way he was chugging the cholesterol, I didn't feel at all confident he'd live long enough to retire at forty.
, KICK BACK (2002)Steve Lyman of the ITU says he is confident that this will give the TV industry a better way to control loud ads.
New Scientist (2003)Celtic chief executive Ian McLeod is confident a solution can be found.
Irish Times (2002)But Peter Mandelson is confident that Hartlepool will shortly send him back to Westminster.
Glasgow Herald (2001)More confident in the value of the retreat, I thought no more about it.
, KARMA, REINCARNATION AND REBIRTH: How Karma Affects Our Life, Our Personality, and Our Future (2002)