Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - confident
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Confident
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~ adj 1 sure that you can do something or deal with a situation successfully (He gave her a confident smile. | be confident about) (Joyce is very confident about using computers.) 2 very sure that something is going to happen or that you will be able to do something (be confident (that)) (We are confident that next year's profits will be higher.) (- see also self-confident) - confidently adv
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Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you are confident about something, you are certain that it will happen in the way you want it to. I am confident that everything will come out right in time... Mr Ryan is confident of success... Management is confident about the way business is progressing. ? sceptical ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ that, ADJ prep • confidently I can confidently promise that this year is going to be very different. ADV: ADV with v 2. If a person or their manner is confident, they feel sure about their own abilities, qualities, or ideas. In time he became more confident and relaxed... = self-assured ADJ • confidently She walked confidently across the hall. ADV: usu ADV with v 3. If you are confident that something is true, you are sure that it is true. A confident statement is one that the speaker is sure is true. She is confident that everybody is on her side... ‘Bet you I can’, comes the confident reply. ADJ: oft ADJ that • confidently I can confidently say that none of them were or are racist. ADV: ADV with v ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Etymology: Latin ~-, confidens, from present participle of confidere Date: circa 1567 1. full of conviction ; certain ~ of success ~ that conditions will improve 2. having or showing assurance and self-reliance a ~ young businessman a ~ manner 3. obsolete trustful, confiding • ~ly adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. & n. --adj. 1 feeling or showing confidence; self-assured, bold (spoke with a confident air). 2 (often foll. by of, or that + clause) assured, trusting (confident of your support; confident that he will come). --n. archaic = confidant. Derivatives confidently adv. Etymology: F f. It. confidente (as confide) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. друг, пользующийся доверием 2. наперсник, доверенное лицо 3. уверенный confident manner —- уверенная манера confident of victory —- уверенный в победе he is confident that everything will go well —- он уверен, что все будет хорошо 4. самоуверенный, самонадеянный confident smile —- самоуверенная улыбка confident bearing —- осанка уверенного в себе человека a very confident young man —- весьма самонадеянный молодой человек ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. adj. 1) уверенный (в успехе и т.п.) (of) 2) самоуверенный, самонадеянный Syn: see optimistic 2. noun; = confidant ...Англо-русский словарь
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