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A belief and a self-assurance in one's own abilities. In competitive sport, confidence includes having an expectation of success. Very often the most successful sports people have high levels of confidence, but it is situation-specific: e.g. a person who is highly confident when playing tennis may not be confident when swimming.

Lack of confidence is thought to be an important factor in the development of some eating disorders (see anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa). One of the main ways of treating such disorders is to boost self-confidence.

noun

1. Absolute certainty in the trustworthiness of another: belief, dependence, faith, reliance, trust. See belief/unbelief.
2. A firm belief in one's own powers: aplomb, assurance, self-assurance, self-confidence, self-possession. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, belief/unbelief.
3. The fact or condition of being without doubt: assurance, assuredness, certainty, certitude, conviction, positiveness, sureness, surety. See certain/uncertain.

Idioms beginning with confidence:
confidence game

In addition to the idiom beginning with confidence, also see in confidence; take into one's confidence.

n

Definition: belief in something
Antonyms: apprehension, distrust, doubt, fear, uncertainty, unconfidence

A belief and an assurance in one's own abilities (self-confidence) or the abilities of another. In sport, it is essentially a feeling of having an expectation of success. Very often the most successful sportspeople have high aspirations and high levels of self-confidence. Confidence is situation-specific; for example, a person may be highly confident in tennis, but not in swimming. Successful coach-athlete partnerships usually depend on athletes placing their confidence in a coach, trusting the coach to guide them. Once confidence is gained, the athletes are more likely to respect the coach's judgement, accept decisions and follow instructions.

IN BRIEF: Very solid trust in something or someone.

Billy had plenty of confidence in Uncle Sam's fishing ability.

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Degree of assurance.

• c. interval — a range of values about a sample statistic that has a specified probability of including the true value of the statistic.
• c. level — 1 minus the type 1 error; the probability that the trial under consideration will show no significant difference when there is in fact no significant difference between the treatments.
• c. limits — the highest and lowest values in a confidence interval.

For a list of words related to confidence, see:

• Secrecy and Concealment - confidence: secret communication

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tillid, tryghed, selvsikkerhed, fortrolig meddelelse, fortrolighed, betroelse
adj. - bondefanger-

idioms:

• confidence man    bondefanger
• confidence trick    bondefangertrick
• take into one's confidence    betro sig til

Nederlands (Dutch)
(zelf)vertrouwen, geloof, vertrouwelijke mededeling in vertrouwen nemen

Français (French)
n. - confiance en, assurance, confiance en soi, (Pol) vote de confiance, certitude que, confidence(s), secret(s)
adj. - confidentiel, frauduleux

idioms:

• confidence man    escroc
• confidence trick    escroquerie
• take into one's confidence    faire des confidences à, se confier à

Deutsch (German)
n. - Vertrauen, Zutrauen, Selbstvertrauen
adj. - mit einem Schwindel oder Betrug zusammenhängen oder zu tun haben

idioms:

• confidence man    Schwindler
• confidence trick    Schwindel
• take into one's confidence    ins Vertrauen ziehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πίστη, εμπιστοσύνη, βεβαιότητα, αυτοπεποίθηση, εκμυστήρευση, μυστικό, εχεμύθεια
attrib. - σε σχέση με απάτες

idioms:

• confidence man    (καθομ.) κομπιναδόρος, επαγγελματίας απατεώνας
• confidence trick    (καθομ.) απάτη σε βάρος αφελούς
• take into one's confidence    εκμυστηρεύομαι, θεωρώ άξιο της εμπιστοσύνης μου

Italiano (Italian)
fede, fiducia, fiducia in sé stesso, confidenza

idioms:

• confidence man    truffatore
• confidence trick    truffa
• take into one's confidence    accordare fiducia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - confiança (f), segredo (m)
attrib. - que se concentra

idioms:

• confidence man    vigarista (m) (f)
• confidence trick    conto (m) do vigário
• take into one's confidence    contar um segredo
• vote of no confidence    voto (m) de desconfiança

Русский (Russian)
доверие, самоуверенность, тайна

idioms:

• confidence man    аферист
• confidence trick    мошенничество
• take into one's confidence    доверить кому-либо свою тайну
• vote of no confidence    вотум недоверия

Español (Spanish)
n. - confianza, seguridad en sí mismo, confidencia
adj. - relativo a la confianza o seguridad en sí mismo, de confianza

idioms:

• confidence man    estafador, timador
• confidence trick    estafa, fraude
• take into one's confidence    confiarse, depositar su confianza en alguien

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förtroende, förtröstan, tillförsikt, övermod
attr. - förtroende-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
信心, 用于行骗的

idioms:

• confidence man    骗子, 诈欺者
• confidence trick    骗局, 欺诈
• take into one's confidence    把某人作为知心人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 信心
adj. - 用於行騙的

idioms:

• confidence man    騙子, 詐欺者
• confidence trick    騙局, 欺詐
• take into one's confidence    把某人作為知心人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 신용, 비밀, 확신
adj. - 신용 사기의

idioms:

• take into one's confidence    아무에게 자신의 비밀을 털어놓다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 信任, 信頼, 自信, 確信, 大胆さ, 度胸, 秘密, 打ち明けること, 信用
adj. - 信用詐欺の

idioms:

• confidence man    詐欺師
• confidence trick    信用詐欺
• take into one's confidence    打ち明ける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ثقه, ائتمان, سر (صفه) ثقه بالنفس أأتمنه سرا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ביטחון, ביטחון ואמון בזולת, סוד, גילוי עניינים פרטיים באווירה של אימון הדדי, מהימנות‬
adj. - ‮של הונאה, כרוך במעשה רמייה‬

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