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# confident

adjective (confident, more confident, most confident); adverb (confidently)

«confident» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Confident means feeling sure that you can do something well: a confident swimmer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confident/#m1)
2. Confident means sure that something will happen or is true: I'm confident we'll win. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confident/#m2)

### In the lessons

At school, teachers help pupils feel confident speaking in front of the class, reading aloud and trying hard maths problems; confidence grows with practice and making mistakes. In safety, being confident to say «no» and to ask for help is important. In stories, a confident character may be brave or, if too confident, may make mistakes (overconfident, like the hare in «The Tortoise and the Hare»). Phrases: confident about, confident that, confident in, feel confident, self-confident.

### Examples

- I feel confident about my spelling test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confident/#x1)
- She is a confident swimmer now. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confident/#x2)
- The teacher was confident that we would finish on time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confident/#x3)
- Practice makes you more confident. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confident/#x4)
- He walked confidently onto the stage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confident/#x5)
- The hare was so confident he would win that he took a nap. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confident/#x6)
- They talked of Cinderella, and Tootles was confident that his mother must have been very like her. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confident/#x7)

### Note

Adjective; noun «confidence», adverb «confidently». Trap: «confident» (sure of yourself) vs «confidant» (a person you trust with secrets) — similar spelling. Opposite: unsure, nervous, shy. Being confident is different from showing off.

## In Jewish tradition

Often means trusting or feeling secure, sometimes in a bad way: careless, proud, or falsely safe. In Proverbs and Isaiah it can describe a fool or complacent women. In Job it means unafraid.

**Interpretation.** Tradition's wisdom books praise real trust in God. They warn against false confidence that ignores danger or sin.

### Examples

- A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; but the fool behaveth overbearingly, and is confident. (Writings PRO.14.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/confident/#x1)
- Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; he is confident, though the Jordan rush forth to his mouth. (Writings JOB.40.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/confident/#x2)
- Rise up, ye women that are at ease, and hear my voice; ye confident daughters, give ear unto my speech. (Prophets ISA.32.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/confident/#x3)

### Note

Adjective; noun «confidence», adverb «confidently». Trap: «confident» (sure of yourself) vs «confidant» (a person you trust with secrets) — similar spelling. Opposite: unsure, nervous, shy. Being confident is different from showing off.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «confident» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confident/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«confident» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/confident.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «confident» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/confident/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«confident» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/confident.html) on Mova free.