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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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Origin of confident

First recorded in 1570–80; from Latin confīdent- (stem of confīdēns), present participle of confīdere.See confide, -ent

OTHER WORDS FROM confident

con·fi·dent·ly, adverbhy·per·con·fi·dent, adjectivehy·per·con·fi·dent·ly, adverbnon·con·fi·dent, adjective

non·con·fi·dent·ly, adverbqua·si-con·fi·dent, adjectivequa·si-con·fi·dent·ly, adverbsu·per·con·fi·dent, adjectivesu·per·con·fi·dent·ly, adverbul·tra·con·fi·dent, adjectiveun·con·fi·dent, adjectiveun·con·fi·dent·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH confident

confidant, confidante, confident

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How to use confident in a sentence

This has proven to in turn lead to higher opening rates as subscribers will be confident that they will get value out of every email, and the emails are specifically sent to meet their needs.
Email marketing in 2020: Four key things that made the difference|Toby Nwazor|November 19, 2020|Search Engine Watch
Since Douglas anticipated our current crisis about as well as anyone, I reached out to him again to discuss what’s happening, where he thinks this is headed, and if he’s more or less confident that we’ll avoid the crisis he predicted.
Seriously, will he ever go?|Sean Illing|November 12, 2020|Vox
Opportunities to use such advanced facilities are scarce, and researchers want to have all the details ironed out to be confident the experiment will be a success.
Giant lasers help re-create supernovas’ explosive, mysterious physics|Emily Conover|November 12, 2020|Science News
People were more confident buying something that cost $300 online than something that costs $3,000.
The company behind Kay and Zales wants to give jewelry shopping a pandemic-era makeover|Phil Wahba|November 12, 2020|Fortune

They look like superheroes in their sleek new SpaceX spacesuits — dashing, confident and smiling, ripped from the pages of a comic book.
During a year of tumult, space has been a rare bright spot. SpaceX and NASA hope to keep it that way.|Christian Davenport|November 11, 2020|Washington Post
The other end of the same phenomenon is you miss the first throw, you get unconfident, and you miss the second one as well.
Jeremy Lin and the New York Knicks: The Science Behind Winning|Clark Merrefield|February 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST
It's only the weak and unconfident that are threatened by such things.
The Next Year in Media|Rachel Sklar|January 3, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Her standards of right and wrong were shaken; the wholesale assaults on her ideals left her shocked and unconfident.
The City of Delight|Elizabeth Miller

British Dictionary definitions for confident

confident

/ (ˈkɒnfɪdənt) /

adjective

(postpositive foll by of) having or showing confidence or certainty; sureconfident of success

sure of oneself; bold

presumptuous; excessively bold

Derived forms of confident

confidently, adverb

Word Origin for confident

C16: from Latin confīdens trusting, having self-confidence, from confīdere to have complete trust in; see confide

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