Confidence Government I Financial Markets Lack Public Extra

• the president's actions hardly inspire confidence.
• the players all have confidence in their manager.
• he believes his reforms will restore confidence in the financial markets.
• the survey revealed a lack of confidence in the government.

confidence

1. the feeling that you can trust, believe in and be sure about the abilities or good qualities of somebody/something
• SEE ALSO consumer confidence
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/consumer-confidence
• The president's actions hardly inspire confidence.
• The players all have confidence in their manager.
• He believes his reforms will restore confidence in the financial markets.
• The survey revealed a lack of confidence in the government.
• She has the utmost confidence in her students' abilities.
• Our aim is to increase public confidence in the democratic process.
• The university is facing a crisis of confidence about its future role.
• The new contracts have undermined the confidence of employees.

Extra Examples

• Are we to place confidence in a man who cannot remember a phone call he made last week?
• Confidence has returned to the market.
• Investor confidence plunged to a 30-year low last week.
• The police need to enjoy the full confidence of the public.
• The quarterly survey showed an improvement in business confidence.
• The commanding officer was relieved of his duty because of a loss of confidence in his leadership.
• Confidence is high among the team's supporters.
• Generally there is low public confidence in government institutions.
• To maintain confidence in the criminal justice system, the judiciary needs to engage with the public.
• He expressed confidence in the new plans.
• Higher profits should raise business confidence.
• Only if the chairperson resigns will we be able to restore the confidence of our members.
• Only one bank scandal is needed to shake the confidence in the financial markets.
• Security institutions have to have the confidence of all communities.
• The Cabinet must enjoy the confidence of Parliament.
• The captain of the football team said he had every confidence in his men.
• The captain was not lacking in confidence about his team's prospects.
• The company needs the full confidence of its investors.
• The company's record does not really inspire confidence.
• The general's confidence in his army proved misplaced.
• The government lost a confidence vote.
• They are gradually instilling confidence in their staff.
• They have no confidence in the legal system.
• This government has lost the confidence of the public.
• This government no longer enjoys the confidence of the public.
• This is a tremendous vote of confidence for the government.
• We all have complete confidence in this product.
• a loss of confidence among investors
• an effort to renew investor confidence in corporate America
• an environment which builds mutual confidence
• efforts to build confidence between employers and unions
• public confidence in the government
• to maintain public confidence in the system of justice
2. a belief in your own ability to do things and be successful
• SEE ALSO self-confidence
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/self-confidence
• People often lose confidence when they are criticized.
• He gained confidence when he went to college.
• Receiving compliments from my work colleagues has boosted my confidence.
• The course will help you build your confidence and develop your study skills.
• While girls lack confidence, boys often overestimate their abilities.
• He suffers from a lack of confidence.
• She answered the questions with confidence.
• I didn't have any confidence in myself at school.
• Winning the award has given me much more confidence in my writing.
• The training programmes have given workers the confidence to take on more responsibility.

Extra Examples

• Women often lose confidence when they stop work to have a baby.
• Their confidence grew with each success.
• A lot of children are lacking in confidence.
• All his false confidence had drained away.
• As the weeks went by he grew in confidence.
• During his illness he really lost his confidence.
• The training is designed to give staff confidence in managing problems.
• Failing his exams really dented his confidence.
• Getting the certificate does a lot in terms of confidence building.
• He's really striking the ball well and has got his confidence back.
• I lacked confidence about how I looked.
• My confidence went completely after my first major defeat.
• She gave an outward appearance of quiet confidence.
• She has very little confidence in her own abilities.
• She spoke in a tone of easy confidence.
• She's gained a lot of confidence over the last year.
• Since she got the new job, she's been brimming with confidence.
• The home side badly need a confidence booster.
• Winning the competition really boosted her confidence.
• a man who exudes confidence
• his confidence in himself
• to instil confidence in staff who feel nervous about taking on new roles
3. the feeling that you are certain about something
• He said he wished that he shared her confidence.
• They could not say with confidence that he would be able to walk again after the accident.
• No one can predict with complete confidence what will happen in the financial markets.
• She expressed her confidence that they would win.
4. a feeling of trust that somebody will keep information private
• It took a long time to gain her confidence (= make her feel she could trust me).
• Eva told me about their relationship in confidence.
• This is in the strictest confidence.

Extra Examples

• Enquiries will be dealt with in the strictest confidence.
• I really can't talk about this—she told me in confidence.
• She promised not to break his confidence.
• She told me in confidence—I couldn't break that confidence, could I?
• Telling other people what I'd said was a total breach of confidence.
5. a secret that you tell somebody
• The girls exchanged confidences.
• I could never forgive Mike for betraying a confidence.

Extra Examples

• She didn't encourage confidences.
• The girls exchanged whispered confidences.
• Can you keep a confidence?
6. to be trusted with somebody’s secrets
• He is said to be very much in the president's confidence.
7. to tell somebody secrets and personal information about yourself
• She took me into her confidence and told me about the problems she was facing.
• She thought she might take Leo into her confidence.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Latin confidentia, from confidere ‘have full trust’, from con- (expressing intensive force) + fidere ‘trust’.