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In some senses, confident is marked as derogatory, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
confident
UK /ˈkɒnfɪdənt/ US /ˈkɑnfɪdənt/
adj 3noun 1
Collocations
13(adj.)
VERBS
appear, be, feel, look, seem, sound
become, get, grow
After months of practice, Maria became confident enough to give her first presentation at work.
remain
make sb
Winning the competition made him confident enough to try out for the team.
ADV
extremely, really, remarkably, very | absolutely, completely, entirely, fully, perfectly, supremely, totally | increasingly | fairly, pretty, quite, reasonably
calmly, quietly, serenely
She walked into the exam room calmly confident that all her studying would pay off.
cautiously
socially
My sister has always been socially confident and finds it easy to make new friends at parties.
PREP
about
The team felt confident about winning the match after their strong performance in training.
of
She felt confident of passing the exam after studying hard for two weeks.
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