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How to pronounce confidence in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms trust
Type of friendly relationship, friendship
Derivation confide, confidential


he took me into his confidence.
Type Words
Synonyms assurance, authority, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness
Type of certainty
Derivation confident


after that failure he lost his confidence.
Type Words
Type of security
Derivation confidential


I have confidence in our team.
confidence is always borrowed, never owned.
Type Words
Type of secret
Derivation confidential, confide


everyone trusted him with their confidences.
the priest could not reveal her confidences.
Type Words
Type of hopefulness
Derivation confident


public confidence in the economy.

Examples of confidence

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I want to believe the best about the coaches but have lost confidence in Watson.
From the omaha.com
However, vouching for this dimwit by expressing confidence is just plain unwise.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Even in the games this season when I didn't do as well, I never lost confidence.
From the omaha.com
Johnson brings a solid combination of size, speed and confidence to middle-back.
From the stltoday.com
The sales trend in December is indicative of the rebound in consumer confidence.
From the online.wsj.com
Clearly defining and visualizing the new career will strengthen your confidence.
From the democratandchronicle.com
The rebels'mood shifts erratically from confidence to jubilation to utter panic.
From the time.com
They built so much confidence that they carried that through for the whole game.
From the washingtonpost.com
He showed none of the angry, aggressive boundary setting born of low confidence.
From the cnn.com
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  • Assurance: freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that failure he lost his confidence"; "she spoke with authority"
  • A feeling of trust (in someone or something); "I have confidence in our team"; "confidence is always borrowed, never owned"
  • A state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable; "public confidence in the economy"
  • A trustful relationship; "he took me into his confidence"; "he betrayed their trust"
  • A secret that is confided or entrusted to another; "everyone trusted him with their confidences"; "the priest could not reveal her confidences"
  • (confident) having or marked by confidence or assurance; "a confident speaker"; "a confident reply"; "his manner is more confident these days"; "confident of fulfillment"
  • Confidence is generally described as a state of being certain either that a hypothesis or prediction is correct or that a chosen course of action is the best or most effective. Self-confidence is having confidence in oneself. ...
  • Bizalom (English: Confidence) is a 1980 Hungarian film directed by Istvu00E1n Szabu00F3. The film is set in World War II involving a couple escaping from the Nazis. Critically acclaimed, it won Szabu00F3 the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 53rd Academy Awards.
  • Confidence is a 2003 film starring Edward Burns, Dustin Hoffman and Rachel Weisz, directed by James Foley, and written by Doug Jung