American English pronunciation

How to pronounce confidences

IPA transcription: ['kɑnfə,dɛnsɪz]

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['kɑnfə,dɛnsɪz]

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['kɑnfə,dɛnsɪz]

Quality: 0.88

['kɑnfə,dɛnsɪz]

Quality: 0.88

Noun

  • freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities

    “his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular”

    “after that failure he lost his confidence”

    “she spoke with authority”

  • a feeling of trust (in someone or something)

    “I have confidence in our team”

    “confidence is always borrowed, never owned”

  • a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable

    “public confidence in the economy”

  • a trustful relationship

    “he took me into his confidence”

    “he betrayed their trust”

  • a secret that is confided or entrusted to another

    “everyone trusted him with their confidences”

    “the priest could not reveal her confidences”