confidence

  • 21confidence — (kon fi dan s ) s. f. 1°   Communication d une chose secrète. •   C est de quoi je voulais vous faire confidence, CORN. Nicom. V, 1. •   Il m était échappé d en faire confidence, CORN. Héracl. II, 1. •   La personne à qui on en fait la confidence …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 22CONFIDENCE — s. f. Communication d un secret. Faire une confidence, des confidences à quelqu un. Un échange de confidences. Recevoir des confidences. Nous fûmes obligés de le mettre dans notre confidence. Il était dans la confidence. Faire confidence de… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 23Confidence — This article is about virtue. For other uses, see Confidence (disambiguation). Confident redirects here. For the theatrical character, see confidant. Confidence is generally described as a state of being certain either that a hypothesis or… …

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  • 24confidence — [[t]kɒ̱nfɪdəns[/t]] ♦♦ confidences 1) N UNCOUNT: usu N in n If you have confidence in someone, you feel that you can trust them. I have every confidence in you... This has contributed to the lack of confidence in the police... His record on… …

    English dictionary

  • 25confidence — I. noun Date: 14th century 1. a. a feeling or consciousness of one s powers or of reliance on one s circumstances < had perfect confidence in her ability to succeed > < met the risk with brash confidence > b. faith or belief that one will act in&#8230; …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 26confidence*/*/*/ — [ˈkɒnfɪd(ə)ns] noun [U] 1) the belief that you are able to do things well You should have more confidence in your yourself.[/ex] I m doing this course mainly to gain a little confidence.[/ex] The more he fails, the more he loses confidence.[/ex]&#8230; …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 27confidence — /kon fi deuhns/, n. 1. full trust; belief in the powers, trustworthiness, or reliability of a person or thing: We have every confidence in their ability to succeed. 2. belief in oneself and one s powers or abilities; self confidence; self&#8230; …

    Universalium

  • 28CONFIDENCE — n. f. Communication d’un secret. Faire une confidence, des confidences à quelqu’un. Un échange de confidences. Recevoir des confidences. Nous fûmes obligés de le mettre dans notre confidence. Il était dans la confidence. Faire confidence de&#8230; …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 29confidence — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. assurance, certainty, positiveness; spirit, boldness, self reliance; communication; privacy, secret; faith, trust. See belief, courage, hope. Ant.,doubt, uncertainty. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Faith] …

    English dictionary for students

  • 30Confidence — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Cinéma Confidence, film américain de D.W. Griffith sorti en 1909. Confidence, film américain de Harry A. Pollard sorti en 1922&#160;; Confidence, film&#8230; …

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