CONFIDENT


Meaning of CONFIDENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkän-fə-dənt, -ˌdent ]

adjective

Etymology: Latin confident-, confidens, from present participle of confidere

Date: circa 1567

1. : full of conviction : certain

confident of success

confident that conditions will improve

2. : having or showing assurance and self-reliance

a confident young businessman

a confident manner

3. obsolete : trustful , confiding

• con·fi·dent·ly adverb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.