transcription, транскрипция: [ kɒnfɪdəns ]
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you have confidence in someone, you feel that you can trust them.
I have every confidence in you...
This has contributed to the lack of confidence in the police...
His record on ceasefires inspires no confidence.
= faith
N-UNCOUNT : usu N in n
2.
If you have confidence , you feel sure about your abilities, qualities, or ideas.
The band is on excellent form and brimming with confidence...
I always thought the worst of myself and had no confidence whatsoever.
N-UNCOUNT
3.
If you can say something with confidence , you feel certain it is correct.
I can say with confidence that such rumors were totally groundless.
N-UNCOUNT : usu with N
4.
If you tell someone something in confidence , you tell them a secret.
We told you all these things in confidence...
Even telling Lois seemed a betrayal of confidence.
N-UNCOUNT : usu in N
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If you take someone into your confidence , you tell them a secret.
If your daughter takes you into her confidence, don’t rush off to tell your husband.
PHRASE : V inflects
5.
see also vote of no confidence