confident
US: /ˈkɑnfədənt/
UK: /kˈɒnfɪdənt/
UK: /kˈɒnfɪdənt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
confident /'kɔnfidənt/
- tính từ
- tin chắc, chắc chắn
- to be confident of sencess: tin chắc là thành công
- tự tin
- tin tưởng, tin cậy
- a confident smile: nụ cười tin tưởng
- liều, liều lĩnh
- trơ tráo, mặt dạn mày dày; láo xược
- tin chắc, chắc chắn
- danh từ
- người tâm phúc, người tri kỷ
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
1 feeling sure about your own ability to do things and be successful: She was in a relaxed, confident mood. + Beneath his confident and charming exterior, lurked a mass of insecurities. + The teacher wants the children to feel confident about asking questions when they don't understand.
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2 ~ of sth
~ that ... feeling certain that sth will happen in the way that you want or expect: I'm confident that you will get the job. + The team feels confident of winning. + She was quietly confident that everything would go as planned.
confidently adverb: Carla smiled confidently at the cameras.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 secure, sure, certain, assured, positive, convinced:
I feel confident that we shall get the contract.
2 self-confident, self-assured, self-possessed, reliant, self-reliant, dauntless, bold, cool, cocksure, fearless, courageous, Colloq cocky:
He strode into the room with a confident air.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
appear, be, feel, look, seem, sound | become, get, grow
He's got more confident as he's got older. She gradually grew more confident.
| remain | make sb
Going to university has made her more confident.
ADV.
extremely, really, remarkably, very | absolutely, completely, entirely, fully, perfectly, supremely, totally | increasingly | fairly, pretty, quite, reasonably | calmly, quietly, serenely
He came out of the interview feeling quietly confident. She sauntered onto the set, looking serenely confident.
| cautiously | socially
You get young people who appear to be socially confident, but inside they are a bundle of neuroses.
PREP.
about
We are confident about the future.
| of
I'm fully confident of winning the title.
Concise English dictionary
'kɒnfɪdənt
adj.
+having or marked by confidence or assurance
+persuaded of; very sure
+not liable to error in judgment or action
