confident
[kon-fi-duhnt]
- having strong belief or full assurance; sure: confident of fulfillment.
- sure of oneself; having no uncertainty about one's own abilities, correctness, successfulness, etc.; self-confident; bold: a confident speaker.
- excessively bold; presumptuous.
- Obsolete. trustful or confiding.
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- a confidant.
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Origin of confident
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Contemporary Examples
Farenthold denies all the allegations and is confident that he will “be cleared of any wrongdoing.”
Yet Lohse is confident that the reader will take his actions as the fruits of selfless moral courage.
The friendly aura vanished, her eyes dead, voice robotic and confident she was correct.
They were confident that there would be more votes for it next year.
But she is confident that her generation will see a brighter future.
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October 31, 2014
Historical Examples
It has not; and we venture to express our confident belief, that it never will.
We are confident of the success of this major venture in world recovery.
And we are confident in principles that unite and lead us onward.
Unity of opinion is not necessary to confident friendship and warm love.
Weighed and WantingGeorge MacDonald
He spoke with the sureness of a man of wealth, confident that money will salve any wound.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
confident
- (postpositive foll by of) having or showing confidence or certainty; sureconfident of success
- sure of oneself; bold
- presumptuous; excessively bold
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Word Origin
C16: from Latin confīdens trusting, having self-confidence, from confīdere to have complete trust in; see confide
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Word Origin and History for confident
adj.
1570s, "self-reliant, sure of oneself," from Middle French confident, from Latin confidentem (nominative confidens) "firmly trusting, reliant, self-confident, bold, daring," present participle of confidere (see confidence). Related: Confidently.
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