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Word confidence
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈkɒnfɪdəns / NAmE / ˈkɑːnfɪdəns /
Example
  • the players all have confidence in their manager.
  • a fall in unemployment will help to restore consumer confidence.
  • a lack of confidence in the government
  • the new contracts have undermined the confidence of employees.
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confidence

(noun)BrE / ˈkɒnfɪdəns / NAmE / ˈkɑːnfɪdəns /
  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 players all have confidence in their manager.
    • A fall in unemployment will help to restore consumer confidence.
    • a lack of confidence in the government
    • The new contracts have undermined the confidence of employees.
    • She has every confidence in her students' abilities.
  2. a belief in your own ability to do things and be successful
    • He answered the questions with confidence.
    • People often lose confidence when they are criticized.
    • He gained confidence when he went to college.
    • She suffers from a lack of confidence.
    • While girls lack confidence, boys often overestimate their abilities.
    • I didn't have any confidence in myself at school.
  3. the feeling that you are certain about something
    • They could not say with confidence that he would be able to walk again after the accident.
    • No one can predict with complete/total confidence what will happen in the financial markets.
    • He expressed his confidence that they would win.
  4. a feeling of trust that somebody will keep information private
    • Eva told me about their relationship in confidence.
    • This is in the strictest confidence.
    • It took a long time to gain her confidence (= make her feel she could trust me).
  5. a secret that you tell somebody
    • The girls exchanged confidences.
    • I could never forgive Mike for betraying 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.

    Extra Examples

    • A lot of children are lacking in confidence.
    • All his false confidence had drained away.
    • Are we to place confidence in a man who cannot remember a phone call he made last week?
    • As the weeks went by he grew in confidence.
    • Can you keep a confidence?
    • Confidence has returned to the market.
    • Confidence is high among the team’s supporters.
    • During his illness he really lost his confidence.
    • Enquiries will be dealt with in the strictest confidence.
    • Failing his exams really dented his confidence.
    • Generally there is low public confidence in government institutions.
    • Getting the certificate does a lot in terms of confidence building.
    • He expressed confidence in the new plans.
    • He’s really striking the ball well and has got his confidence back.
    • Higher profits should raise business confidence.
    • I lacked confidence about how I looked.
    • I really can’t talk about this—she told me in confidence.
    • My confidence went completely after my first major defeat.
    • 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.
    • She answered the question with confidence.
    • She didn’t encourage confidences.
    • She gave an outward appearance of quiet confidence.
    • She has very little confidence in her own abilities.
    • She promised not to break his confidence.
    • She spoke in a tone of easy confidence.
    • She thought she might take Leo into her confidence.
    • She told me in confidence—I couldn’t break that confidence, could I?
    • She wished that she shared his confidence.
    • She’s gained a lot of confidence over the last year.
    • Since she got the new job, she’s been brimming with confidence.
    • Telling other people what I’d said was a total breach of confidence.
    • 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 girls exchanged whispered confidences.
    • The government lost a confidence vote.
    • The home side badly need a confidence booster.
    • The training is designed to give staff confidence in managing problems.
    • Their confidence grew with each success.
    • There is a crisis of confidence in the university about its future role.
    • 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.
    • Winning the competition really boosted her confidence.
    • a loss of confidence among investors
    • a man who exudes confidence
    • an effort to renew investor confidence in corporate America
    • an environment which builds mutual confidence
    • efforts to build confidence between employers and unions
    • his confidence in himself
    • public confidence in the government
    • to instil confidence in staff who feel nervous about taking on new roles
    • to maintain public confidence in the system of justice
    • He answered the questions with confidence.
    • She suffers from a lack of confidence.
    • The survey revealed a lack of confidence in the government.
    • Women often lose confidence when they stop work to have a baby.

    Word Origin

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