Meaning of confidence | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Self-assurance.
   countable, uncountable
2. confidence, trust
3. A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith.
   countable, uncountable
4. Of, relating to, or involving a swindle or fraud: a confidence scheme; a confidence trickster.
5. Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret.
   countable, uncountable
6. in confidence, as a secret or private matter not to be divulged.
7. to tell one's private thoughts to someone. He confided in his brother; He confided his fears to his brother. meedeel, toevertrou, in vertroue neem يأْتَمِنُ على، يَعْهَدُ إلى، يَأْتَمِنُ سِرّه إلى доверявам (се) confiar svěřit (se) vertrauen betro εκμυστηρεύομαιconfiar (kellelegi) usaldama رازی را با کسی در میان گذاشتن uskoutua confier לְגַלוֹת ל- गुप्त बात बताना povjeriti bizalmasan közöl mempercayakan trúa fyrir confidarsi 打ち明ける 비밀을 털어놓다 iš(si)pasakoti, pa(si)tikėti uzticēt; uzticēties meng...
8. Boldness; presumption.
   countable, dated, uncountable
9. having a great deal of trust (especially in oneself). She is confident that she will win; a confident boy. oortuig, seker; hoopvol واثِق уверен confiante (sebe)jistý; přesvědčený überzeugt selvsikker που διαθέτει αυτοπεποίθηση seguro de sí mismo (enese)kindel مطمئن؛ خاطر جمع luottavainen assuréבטוח आत्मविश्वासी povjerljiv (maga)biztos yakin (sjálfs)öruggur fiducioso 自信のある 확신하는 (savimi) pasitikintis pašpaļāvīgs; pašapzinīgs yakin zelfverzekerdtrygg, sikker, overbevist ompewny siebie په پټه، سر...
   especially
10. vertroulikheid ثِقَه، سِرِّيّه، ائتِمان поверителност sigilo důvěrnost, tajnost das Vertrauen fortrolighed μυστικότητα, εχεμύθειαconfidencialidad, reserva konfidentsiaalsus محرمانگی luottamuksellisuus caractère confidentielסודיות गोपनीयता povjerljivost bizalmasság keyakinan trúnaður riservatezza 信頼 기밀성 konfidencialumas, slaptumas konfidencialitāte kerahsiaan vertrouwelijkheidfortrolighet poufność خصوصی sigilo con­fidenţialitate; carac­ter confidenţial конфиденциальность dôvernosť zaupnost pov...
11. secretly; not wishing to have the information passed on to anyone else. She could not tell me what he said – he was speaking confidentially. vertroulik, in vertroue بِسِرِّيَّه، بِثِقَه، поверително confidencialmente důvěrně im Vertrauen fortroligt εμπιστευτικάconfidencialmente konfidentsiaalselt محرمانه luottamuksellisesti confidentiellementבסוד विश्वस्ततापूर्वक povjerljiv bizalmasan secara rahasia í trúnaði confidenzialmente ないしょで 은밀히 konfidencialiai, slapta konfidenciāli; slepeni secara ra...
12. trustful. vertroude حَسَنُ الظَّن، بِحُسْنِ الظَّن، مَيّال إلى التَّصْديق، واثِقٌ من الآخَرين доверчив confiante důvěrný, důvěřivý vertrauensvoll tillidsfuld που δείχνει εμπιστοσύνη confiado usaldav معتمد؛ کسی که به دیگری زود اعتماد کند uskoutuva confiantבטוח विश्वसनीय povjerljiv jóhiszemű penuh kepercayaan fullur trúnaðartrausts; trúnaðargjarn fiducioso 信頼する 신뢰하는 patiklus uzticoties kepercayaan vertrouwendtillitsfullufny دباوروړ، معتمد confiante încrezător доверчивый dôverčivý zaupljiv pouzd...
13. vertroulik بِثِقَه بالآخَرين، بِحُسْنِ الظَّن доверчиво confiantemente důvěrně, důvěřivě getrost tillidsfuldt με εμπιστοσύνη confiadamente usaldavalt بطور زودباورانه uskoutuvasti avec confiance בְּצוּרָה בְּטוּחָה विश्वासपूर्वक povjerljivo jóhiszeműen dengan penuh kepercayaan með trúnaði con fiducia 信頼して 신뢰하여 patikliai uzticēdamies mudah percaya vol vertrouwen tillitsfullt ufnie خوشباور confiantemente cu încredere доверчиво dôverčivo zaupljivo pouzdano förtroendefullt, tillitsfullt อย่างวางใจ...
14. as a secret; confidentially. He told me the story in (strictest) confidence. vertroulik سِرّا поверително em segredo důvěrně vertraulich i fortrolighed εμπιστευτικά en confianza konfidentsiaalselt بطور محرمانه luottamuksella confidentiellement בְּבִטחָה गुप्त बातें करना povjerljiv bizalmasan dengan penuh rahasia í trúnaði in confidenza ないしょで 비밀로 kaip paslaptį, konfidencialiai konfidenciāli rahsia in vertrouwen i fortrolighet, konfidensielt w zaufaniu په خصوصی توکه em segredo con­­fi­denţial п...
15. A belief or conviction that an outcome will be favorable: I have every confidence that we can find a solution.

Equivalents

Examples

“He entered the ring with confidence.”

“She had confidence it would soon end.”

“It is better to truſt in the Lord : then to put confidence in man. / It is better to truſt in the Lord : then to put confidence in Princes.”

“Khedron hesitated for a moment, wondering how far he should take Jeserac into his confidence. He knew that Jeserac was kindly and well-intentioned, but he also knew that he must be bound by the same taboos that controlled everyone on Diaspar.”

“But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.”

“In the course of these confidences it became quite plain to me I had been represented to the wife of the high dignitary, and goodness knows to how many more people besides, as an exceptional and gifted creature - a piece of good fortune for the Company - a man you don’t get hold of every day.”

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