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con·fi·dent    Audio Help   [kon-fi-duhnt] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.having strong belief or full assurance; sure: confident of fulfillment.
2.sure of oneself; having no uncertainty about one's own abilities, correctness, successfulness, etc.; self-confident; bold: a confident speaker.
3.excessively bold; presumptuous.
4.Obsolete. trustful or confiding.
–noun
5.a confidant.
[Origin: 1570–80; < L confīdent- (s. of confīdéns), prp. of confīdere. See confide, -ent]

—Related forms
con·fi·dent·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. certain, positive. See sure. 2. self-reliant, assured, intrepid.
—Antonyms 2. modest, diffident.
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con·fi·dent    Audio Help   (kŏn'fĭ-dənt)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Marked by assurance, as of success.
  2. Marked by confidence in oneself; self-assured. See Synonyms at sure.
  3. Very bold; presumptuous.
  4. Obsolete Confiding; trustful.


[Latin cōnfīdēns, cōnfīdent-, present participle of cōnfīdere, to rely on; see confide.]

con'fi·dent·ly adv.
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confident

adjective
1. having or marked by confidence or assurance; "a confident speaker"; "a confident reply"; "his manner is more confident these days"; "confident of fulfillment" [ant: diffident] 
2. persuaded of; very sure; "were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join"; "I am positive he is lying"; "was confident he would win" [syn: convinced] 
3. not liable to error in judgment or action; "most surefooted of the statesmen who dealt with the depression"- Walter Lippman; "demonstrates a surefooted storytelling talent"- Michiko Kakutani 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
confident [ˈkonfidənt] adjective
having a great deal of trust (especially in oneself)
Example: She is confident that she will win; a confident boy
Arabic: واثِق
Chinese (Simplified): 有信心的
Chinese (Traditional): 有信心的
Czech: (sebe)jistý; přesvědčený
Danish: selvsikker
Dutch: zelfverzekerd
Estonian: (enese)kindel
Finnish: itsevarma, varma
French: assuré
German: überzeugt
Greek: που διαθέτει αυτοπεποίθηση
Hungarian: (maga)biztos
Icelandic: (sjálfs)öruggur
Indonesian: yakin
Italian: fiducioso
Japanese: 自信のある
Korean: 자신이 있는; 자만하는
Latvian: pašpaļāvīgs; pašapzinīgs
Lithuanian: (savimi) pasitikintis
Norwegian: trygg (på), sikker, overbevist om
Polish: pewny siebie
Portuguese (Brazil): confiante
Portuguese (Portugal): confiante
Russian: (само)уверенный
Slovak: presvedčený, sebaistý
Slovenian: samozavesten
Spanish: seguro de sí mismo
Swedish: säker, trygg, självsäker
Turkish: kendine güvenen
See also: confiding, confide, confidence, confidential, confidentially, in confidence, "confident" in any language

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd.

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