adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a confident prediction (= one that you think is probably right )
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The situation is so uncertain that it is hard to make a confident prediction.
a confident/optimistic/relaxed etc mood
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At the beginning of the negotiations, he was in a confident mood.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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The police are as confident as they can be that the body they've found is hers.
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I did my best with him, but I was never as confident as Clarisa was.
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Women aren't encouraged to be as confident in themselves or as single-minded the way men are.
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And it was Weinke who looked as slick, as confident and in control of the situation as an old pol.
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Curtis, for his part, wished he felt as confident as he had tried to sound.
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If only he were as confident as he pretended!
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However, the State President is not as confident as he would like to be.
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Ellie was as confident as the others.
fairly
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Charles felt fairly confident of her safety for the time being.
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And the protagonists sounded fairly confident in their attempts to resolve the dilemma.
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He was fairly confident of his walk: he had taken much trouble over it.
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Of this configuration he was fairly confident .
less
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Some of the marooned passengers were less confident , and became unnerved by the uncertainties, the delay, the heat.
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Jones is less confident , but says she is as good a place to die in as a man could have.
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I can well understand that many older and less confident people feel comfortable and unthreatened in such places.
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The importance of livestock on the farms surveyed led to many farmers being less confident in machinery work.
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But the front row was less confident than the back that the firm was a meritocracy of money-makers.
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Pushed into a corner, however, the machine appeared less confident .
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Recent work makes us much less confident that any such clear correlation is possible.
more
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They are also more confident that they know what their partner wants.
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And the University of Michigan issued a report suggesting consumers are more confident .
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She was fresher now, more confident; confident enough to scrap the entire chapter and begin anew.
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It makes her feel more confident .
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A little background knowledge will make you more confident and help you to draw up a list of really relevant questions.
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A Senate vote probably will not come for weeks, until supporters are more confident of winning.
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I long for Anglican churches to be more confident in their expression of the Good News.
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But he feels confident and is getting more and more confident every day.
most
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These things happen to the most confident of video users and the gremlins always seem to choose their moment with great care.
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Kerri was worried about being out there, not always looking like the most confident person.
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This part of building a successful presentation demands a degree of intellectual honesty that may test even the most confident manager.
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This is not the most confident team in the world.
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Andy Cole was the most confident I've seen him, giving an all-round performance that included eye-catching spin-turns.
quietly
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He is quietly confident that there will be no problems this time.
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As an actor, Poitier was quite effective in his understated, quietly confident way.
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Wise Speke is quietly confident that Whessoe has made a good deal for its longer term development.
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Then she moved a little in front, quietly confident now, the Rabari genius embodied in her.
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Chief Inspector Berret was quietly confident .
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We were quietly confident that whatever might happen to Hsu Fu we would be able to give the raft the best chance.
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Rover, too, is quietly confident .
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Red Rock West is a slow-burn thriller, wry and dry, implausible and quietly confident about itself.
quite
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She felt quite confident of being able to cope with him while he was like this.
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Tom felt quite confident of his safety, but physically he felt awful.
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From the radio I seemed quite confident that Newsome could handle the running at him.
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I am quite confident however that the Medau Society will continue to prosper.
reasonably
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So when I went back to my surgeon in late January I was reasonably confident .
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The next morning I sent him off to school again, reasonably confident that the problem was solved.
so
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But can we be so confident that it can be stopped?
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After a while the ducks got so confident that they'd come right into our garden and eventually into the house itself.
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Marvin had been so confident of did not materialize over the next three days.
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Such a very good-looking couple, so assured, so strong, so confident .
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Daley was so confident nothing could happen in Chicago that he rudely rejected the invitation from Washington.
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I realised I'd become so confident because I really believed in what I was doing.
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After Starbuck leaves, we see that Ahab was not so confident of his position as it appeared to Starbuck.
still
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Gregory insists he did not get carried away with all the hype and is still confident he can transform the situation.
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Jenking was still confident and appeared to know exactly the ship's position.
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Det Chief Inspector George Brown, the officer leading the investigation, is still confident the killers will be caught.
very
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I suppose I look very confident .
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I feel very confident eating meat here.
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Now I feel very confident about life.
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At thirteen and fourteen, I was very confident .
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Local comrades very confident , Glenda is obviously the ideal Ham &038; High candidate.
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Gore's people remain, for the record, very confident of their ultimate success.
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I was feeling in really good shape and very confident .
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Nurses working for agencies may often be telephoned and asked to undertake an assignment that they do not feel very confident about.
■ NOUN
manner
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After receiving an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters, she delivered her speech in a mature and confident manner .
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Mr Stannard's confident manner faltered for an instant.
mood
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At this stage in the negotiations, Green was in a relatively confident mood .
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Then, on 22 March, the confident mood was poisoned.
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There was a confident mood at the rally in the park.
smile
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Christina found she was still staring as if mesmerized at Stein's confident smile .
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His confident smile turns into a forced grin.
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Finally she lifted her head and gave a confident smile .
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Stephen's confident smile never flickered.
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Marc didn't miss her response, but gave a confident smile at the accuracy of his remark.
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She had forgotten the compulsion of his confident smile , the total assurance he carried everywhere he went.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
quietly confident
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As an actor, Poitier was quite effective in his understated, quietly confident way.
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Chief Inspector Berret was quietly confident.
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He is quietly confident that there will be no problems this time.
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Rover, too, is quietly confident.
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Stay quietly confident of your own knowledge of truth.
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Then she moved a little in front, quietly confident now, the Rabari genius embodied in her.
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We were quietly confident that whatever might happen to Hsu Fu we would be able to give the raft the best chance.
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Wise Speke is quietly confident that Whessoe has made a good deal for its longer term development.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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''Do you think you'll win tomorrow's game?'' - ''Well, we're all feeling pretty confident ''.
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A spokesman said the government was confident of winning the vote and would not discuss the possibility of defeat.
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After living in France for a year, I felt much more confident about my French.
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Baldwin is confident of victory in this year's senate race.
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Doctors are confident that he'll make a full recovery.
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He gave his speech in a strong, confident voice.
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I'm not very confident about going back to work.
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It's a difficult test, but she seems fairly confident .
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Sandy gave her a confident smile.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Also, my hair made me feel more confident .
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Fat women may not feel confident about exposing their bodies in those ways traditionally associated with eroticism.
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I let go with another burst, feeling confident .
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If only he were as confident as he pretended!
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Of course, most of us feel more confident in some situations than in others.
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Relatives of the men were confident the new evidence would eventually secure their release.