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confidence

US: /ˈkɑnfədəns/

UK: /kˈɒnfɪdəns/

English Vietnamese dictionary

confidence /'kɔnfidəns/

danh từ
- sự nói riêng; sự giãi bày tâm sự
  - told in confidence: nói riêng
- chuyện riêng, chuyện tâm sự, chuyện kín, chuyên bí mật
  - to exchange confidences: giãi bày tâm sự với nhau, trao đổi chuyện riêng với nhau
  - to take somebody into one's confidence: thổ lộ chuyện riêng với ai
- sự tin, sự tin cậy, sự tin tưởng
  - to have confidence in somebody: tin ở ai
  - to gain somebody's confidence: được ai tin cậy, được ai tín nhiệm
  - to give one's confidence to somebody: tin cậy ai
  - to misplace one's confidence: tin cậy người không tốt, tin người không đáng tin
  - to worm oneself into somebody's confidence: luồn lõi tìm cách lấy lòng tin của ai
- sự tin chắc, sự quả quyết
  - to speak with confidence: nói quả quyết
- sự liều, sự liều lĩnh
  - he speaks with too much confidence: nó nói liều
- to strick confidence
  - hết sức bí mật (chỉ biết riêng với nhau)
- man of confidence
  - người tâm phúc

Advanced English dictionary

+ noun
belief in others
1 [U] ~ (in sb/sth) the feeling that you can trust, believe in and be sure about the abilities or good qualities of sb/sth: The players all have confidence in their manager. + A fall in unemployment will help to restore consumer confidence. + a lack of confidence in the government + The new contracts have undermined the confidence of employees. + She has every confidence in her students' abilities.
See also - VOTE OF CONFIDENCE, VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE
belief in yourself
2 [U] a belief in your own ability to do things and be successful: He answered the questions with confidence. + Women often lose confidence when they stop work to have a baby. + He gained confidence when he went to college. + She suffers from a lack of confidence. + While girls lack confidence, boys often overestimate their abilities. + I didn't have any confidence in myself at school.
feeling certain
3 [U] the feeling that you are certain about sth: They could not say with confidence that he would be able to walk again after the accident. + No one can predict with complete / total confidence what will happen in the financial markets. + He expressed his confidence that they would win.
trust
4 [U] a feeling of trust that sb will keep information private: Eva told me about their relationship in confidence. + This is in the strictest confidence. + It took a long time to gain her confidence (= make her feel she could trust me).
a secret
5 [C] (formal) a secret that you tell sb: The girls exchanged confidences. + I could never forgive Mike for betraying a confidence.
Idioms: be in sb's confidence to be trusted with sb's secrets: He is said to be very much in the President's confidence.
take sb into your confidence to tell sb secrets and personal information about yourself: She took me into her confidence and told me about the problems she was facing.

Thesaurus dictionary

1 trust, reliance, faith; belief:

Your parents have a great deal of confidence in you.

2 assurance, self-confidence, self-assurance, self-reliance, poise, aplomb, coolness; conviction, certitude, boldness, courage, nerve:

We admire the confidence she shows in her daring plan.

3 in confidence. in secrecy, in privacy, privately, confidentially, intimately, Colloq on the q.t. or Q.T.:

I am telling you this in confidence.

Collocation dictionary

¹ belief in others

ADJ.

absolute, complete, full, total

The company needs the full confidence of its investors.

| great, high, real

Confidence is high among the team's supporters.

| reasonable | growing, increased, increasing | new, renewed | misplaced

The general's confidence in his army proved misplaced.

| international | popular, public

public confidence in the government

| business, consumer, customer, investor, market

VERB + CONFIDENCE

enjoy, feel, have

This government no longer enjoys the confidence of the public. We all have complete confidence in this product.

| express

He expressed confidence in the new plans.

| be lacking in, lack | share

She wished that she shared his confidence.

| maintain, preserve

to maintain public confidence in the system of justice

| bolster, boost, build (up), enhance, improve, increase, lift, raise

Higher profits should raise business confidence.

| gain | command, create, develop, encourage, engender, generate, give (sb), inspire, instil

The training is designed to give staff confidence in managing problems. The company's record does not really inspire confidence.

| rebuild, restore, revive

Only if the chairperson resigns will we be able to restore the confidence of our members.

| lose

This government has lost the confidence of the public.

| damage, dent, sap, shake, undermine, weaken

Only one bank scandal is needed to shake the confidence in the financial markets.

| destroy, shatter

CONFIDENCE + VERB

decrease | grow, increase, rise | return

Confidence has returned to the market.

PREP.

~ about

The captain was not lacking in confidence about his team's prospects.

| ~ among

a loss of confidence among investors

| ~ between

efforts to build confidence between employers and unions

| ~ in

They have no confidence in the legal system.

PHRASES

a crisis of confidence

There is a crisis of confidence in the university about its future role.

| have every/little/no/some confidence

The captain of the football team said he had every confidence in his men.

| a lack of confidence, a loss of confidence, a vote of (no) confidence

This is a tremendous vote of confidence for the government.

| a (no) confidence motion/vote

The government lost a parliamentary confidence vote.

² belief in yourself

ADJ.

giving an outward appearance of quiet confidence

| easy

She spoke in a tone of easy confidence.

| false

All his false confidence had drained away.

| inner, personal | social

VERB + CONFIDENCE

have

She has very little confidence in her own abilities.

| show | feel

‘I can explain,’ he said, with a confidence he did not feel.

| brim with, exude, be full of, ooze, radiate

Since she got the new job, she's been brimming with confidence. a man who exudes confidence

| be lacking in, lack

A lot of children are lacking in confidence.

| acquire, develop, gain, gather

She's gained a lot of confidence over the last year.

| grow in

As the weeks went by he grew in confidence.

| lose

During his illness he really lost his confidence.

| get back, rebuild, recover, regain, restore

He's really striking the ball well and has got his confidence back.

| bolster, boost, build (up), enhance

Winning the competition really boosted her confidence.

| give sb, instil

to instil confidence in staff who feel nervous about taking on new roles

| dent, sap, shake, undermine, weaken

Failing his exams really dented his confidence.

| destroy, shatter

CONFIDENCE + VERB

drain (away), evaporate, go

My confidence went completely after my first major defeat.

| grow, increase, rise

Their confidence grew with each success.

| return

CONFIDENCE + NOUN

boost, booster

The home side badly need a confidence booster.

| building

Getting the certificate does a lot in terms of confidence building.

PREP.

with ~

She answered the question with confidence.

| ~ about

I lacked confidence about how I looked

| ~ in

his confidence in himself

PHRASES

a lack of confidence, a loss of confidence

³ trust

ADJ.

absolute, complete, full, total | mutual

VERB + CONFIDENCE

enjoy, have

The Cabinet must enjoy the confidence of Parliament.

| keep, retain | gain, get, win | build

an environment which builds mutual confidence

| betray, break | place, put

Are we to place confidence in a minister who cannot remember a phone call he made last week?

| withhold | take sb into

She thought she might take Leo into her confidence.

CONFIDENCE + NOUN

trick, trickster

PREP.

in ~

She told me in confidence?I couldn't break that confidence, could I?

PHRASES

a breach of confidence

Telling other people what I'd said was a total breach of confidence.

| in strict confidence

Enquiries will be dealt with in the strictest confidence.

⁴ secret

ADJ.

whispered

VERB + CONFIDENCE

exchange, share

The girls exchanged whispered confidences.

| keep | betray

I could never forgive Mike for betraying a confidence.

| encourage, invite

She didn't encourage confidences.

PHRASES

an exchange of confidences

Concise English dictionary

confidences'kɒnfɪdəns
noun
+freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
+a feeling of trust (in someone or something)
+a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable
+a trustful relationship
+a secret that is confided or entrusted to another