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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024con•fi•dence /ˈkɑnfɪdəns/USA pronunciation n. - belief in the reliability of a person or thing;
reliance:[uncountable]The bank manager had full confidence in his employees. - belief in oneself and one's powers or abilities:[uncountable]He would be a better speaker if he had more confidence.
- [uncountable] a feeling of being certain;
assurance: to speak with confidence of a fact. - [countable] a piece of confidential communication: to exchange confidences.
Idioms- Idioms in confidence, [uncountable] as a secret or private matter:I'm telling you this in strictest confidence.
See -fid-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•fi•dence (kon′fi dəns),USA pronunciation n. - full trust;
belief in the powers, trustworthiness, or reliability of a person or thing:We have every confidence in their ability to succeed. - belief in oneself and one's powers or abilities;
self-confidence;
self-reliance;
assurance:His lack of confidence defeated him. - certitude;
assurance:He described the situation with such confidence that the audience believed him completely. - a confidential communication:to exchange confidences.
- Government(esp. in European politics) the wish to retain an incumbent government in office, as shown by a vote in a particular issue:a vote of confidence.
- presumption;
impudence:Her disdainful look crushed the confidence of the brash young man. - [Archaic.]something that gives confidence;
ground of trust. - Idioms in confidence, as a secret or private matter, not to be divulged or communicated to others;
with belief in a person's sense of discretion:I told him in confidence.
- Latin confīdentia. See confide, -ence
- Middle French)
- Middle English (1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged faith, reliance, dependence. See trust.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Confidence, assurance both imply a faith in oneself. Confidence may imply trust in oneself or arrogant self-conceit. Assurance implies even more sureness of oneself; this may be shown as undisturbed calm or as offensive boastfulness.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged mistrust.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: confidence /ˈkɒnfɪdəns/ n - a feeling of trust in a person or thing
- belief in one's own abilities; self-assurance
- trust or a trustful relationship: take me into your confidence
- something confided or entrusted; secret
- in confidence ⇒ as a secret
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