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

Confident \Con"fi*dent\, n. See Confidant.
--South.
--Dryden.

Related phrases:
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
confident

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.

Wiktionary
confident

a. 1 very sure of something; positive 2 self-confident n. (obsolete form of confidant English)

WordNet
confident

  1. adj. having or marked by confidence or assurance; "a confident speaker"; "a confident reply"; "his manner is more confident these days"; "confident of fulfillment" [ant: unconfident]

  2. persuaded of; very sure; "were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join"; "I am positive he is lying"; "was confident he would win" [syn: convinced(p), positive(p), confident(p)]

  3. not liable to error in judgment or action; "most surefooted of the statesmen who dealt with the depression"- Walter Lippman; "demonstrates a surefooted storytelling talent"- Michiko Kakutani [syn: surefooted]

Wikipedia
Confident (Justin Bieber song)

"Confident" is a song by Canadian recording artist Justin Bieber featuring American recording artist Chance The Rapper, from Bieber's second compilation Journals (2013). Written by Bieber in addition to Kenneth Coby, Maurice "Verse" Simmonds, Chancelor Bennett and produced by Soundz, "Confident" was released as a single on December 9, 2013, by Island Records, as the tenth and last song from a ten-week digital download campaign entitled Music Mondays, in which one new song was released every Monday night, held from October 7, 2013 to December 9, 2013.

"Confident" received positive feedback from music critics, who deemed it as a highlight from the album. Commercially it was a failure, debuting and peaking at number 41 and only staying on the chart for 1 week in the United States and while it reached the top forty in Canada, it only spent 2 weeks on the chart. Internationally, it peaked at numbers eight and one in Belgium and Denmark, respectively. The accompanying music video for "Confident" directed by Colin Tilley depicts the singer stalking his confident love interest until they share a kiss in its end. Chance The Rapper brought out Bieber at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival to perform "Confident" in 2014.

Confident (Demi Lovato song)

"Confident" is a song by American singer Demi Lovato. It serves as the second single from her fifth studio album of the same name (2015). The song was released on September 18, 2015, by Hollywood and Island Records for download on digital retail sites such as Amazon.com. It was written by Lovato, Max Martin, Ilya Salmanzadeh, and Savan Kotecha. Commercially, it has reached the top 30 in Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, New Zealand, Scotland, and the United States.

Confident (album)

Confident is the fifth studio album by American singer Demi Lovato. It was released on October 16, 2015, by Hollywood, Island and Safehouse Records. The album features guest appearances from Australian rapper Iggy Azalea and American rapper Sirah, while Lovato co-wrote most of the songs on the album and worked with writers and producers such as Max Martin, Ryan Tedder, Steve Mac, Rami and Stargate, among others.

The album's lead single, " Cool for the Summer", was released on July 1, 2015, peaking at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The second single, " Confident", premiered on September 18, 2015, and peaked at number 21 on the Hot 100. The third and final single, " Stone Cold", peaked at number 2 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100. Following its release, the album debuted at number one in Canada, while reaching the top 10 in fifteen other countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States.

Usage examples of "confident".

When Pearson asked him to comment on the Accra reports, the Prime Minister replied he was confident that the stories did not represent what was said.

Indeed, for all he had been through, Marshall was confident, he told Adams, that the French did not want a war with the United States.

He had believed everything was lost, but now that the Mage-Imperator had recaptured the minds and hearts of all the corrupted soldiers, he was confident the Adar could unify them into a single crew again.

Others, confident of their ability to move through the night, but not really knowing how the Rebels secured their camps, walked into Claymore-mined areas and were mangled by the deadly antipersonnel mines.

How ever, you may well enough discerne in these examples how confident many of these great Schollars were in so grosse an errour, how unlikely, what an incredible thing it seemed to them, that there should be any Antipodes, and yet now this truth is as certaine and plaine, as sense or demonstration can make it.

Mark knew perfectly well that she felt much more confident now that their first night at Appleton had passed without incident.

Confident in the strength of their mountains, they were the last who submitted to the arms of Rome, and the first who threw off the yoke of the Arabs.

When the Amazons relaxed, confident in their victory, the Atlantians concluded a secret alliance with the orgons and overthrew the women warriors.

Except for occasional spells of depression he remained confident that he would achieve his goal - not by force and scarcely by winning a parliamentary majority, but by the means which had carried Schleicher and Papen to the top: by backstairs intrigue, a game that two could play.

CIA was confident about the intelligence--it had a strong humint source inside the community of Bahraini Islamic radicals.

Yes, it was her, one of the women from her year at the Botswana Secretarial College, one of those fun-loving glamorous girls who ended up getting barely fifty per cent, and there she was, dancing with a confident and attractive man.

Finally Mary arrives in exotic Bucharest to take up her duties, confident, refreshingly candid-and dangerously innocent.

His bushcraft was nil, so rather than try to follow the trail of those who had dug the trap, he remained in the vicinity of the pit, confident that somebody would soon be by to check on it.

Pemulis is looking oddly sanguine and confident after a couple minutes futzing with the cans of water, rinsing out the oral cavity and so on.

Le Chiffre will, we are confident, endeavour on or after 15 June to make a profit at baccarat of fifty million francs on a working capital of twenty-five million.