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

n.
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.

considerable, enormous, great | sublime, supreme, tremendous, utter | added, extra | fresh, new-found | increased, increasing, growing | calm, quiet
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



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