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confident

Syllabification: (con·fi·dent)
Pronunciation: /ˈkänfədənt, -fəˌdent/

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Definition of confident

adjective

  • feeling or showing confidence in oneself; self-assured:she was a confident, outgoing girl a confident smile
  • feeling or showing certainty about something:this time they’re confident of a happy ending I am not very confident about tonight’s game

noun

archaic
  • a confidant.

Derivatives

confidently

adverb

Origin:

late 16th century: from French confident(e), from Italian confidente, from Latin confident- 'having full trust', from the verb confidere, from con- (expressing intensive force) + fidere 'trust'

Do not confuse confident with confidant. Confident means 'believing that you can do things well' (a confident, outgoing girl), whereas confidant means 'a person that you tell private or secret things to' (she was a close confidant of the princess).

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