feeling confident
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3.0
- adjective
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seguro de sí
- After practicing her speech, Maria finally felt confident in her public speaking skills.
- feel confident in one's ability
- feel confident enough
- feel confident and competent
Well, it's always good to feel confident in yourself.
- Well, it's always good to feel confident in yourself.
- I, I, I feel confident, I have courage.
- Some of you don't feel confident about your reasoning for wanting to let go.
- And how does somebody who does not feel confident tap into it?
- And I think people just need to feel confident in being a little bolder in their aesthetic.
- You suddenly feel confident to cover up.
- Crocodiles need to have like a beach that's undisturbed to to feel confident nesting and laying eggs.
- So hoovering can be part of their need to win and feel confident that they can get you back.
- And you know, for me, having a guide dog makes me feel confident, secure, independent, more capable.
- But I think you could take somebody to Parliament and feel confident that they could access the building.
- It's hard to be funny, right, Unless you like are feeling confident, right?
- And so it's safer to keep her away until they feel confident.
- And that's a fun basic way to to feel confident if you like it, maybe other people do right.
- If I wasn't if I was attractive, then I would feel confident.
Examples
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Victoria, are you feeling confident about tomorrow?
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I had learned enough from Mama to feel confident in my answer.
Fiction book (1994) -
In order to feel confident, you got to look good, okay?
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Because of that, I feel confident and have a better life.
Academic text (2013) -
I feel confident I can handle anything we encounter.
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The goals of the project were "to help girls do well and feel confident in science, math, and technology."
Academic text (2003) -
Consumer education will play an important role in ensuring that consumers feel confident about making online purchases.
Academic text (1999) -
Eighty-one percent of the students reported feeling confident approaching patients in the hospital once they had done so.
Academic text (2011) -
Feedback to the fathers about their strengths can also help them feel confident about their parent-adolescent relationship.
Academic text (2006) -
With a completed lesson plan in hand, Mrs. Silverman feels confident that her instruction is aligned with evidence-based practices.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
715
2.5
Feeling sure about yourself or what will happen
117
3.6
Feeling confident and free from worry or doubt
11
4.1
Confident about your abilities and decisions
11
3.2
Feeling sure about your own abilities and worth
5
5.6
Feeling calm and confident about who you are
3
7.2
Calm and confident in control of your feelings in difficult situations
Confident and steady in voice or movement
Antonyms
How Confident
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'having a strong belief in one's abilities' is directly derivable from combining 'feeling' (experiencing) with 'confident' (self-assured). This is a straightforward compositional adjective phrase with no idiomatic shift, and similar constructions exist cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand it.
Etymology
Feeling confident comes from the simple picture of a person who is feeling sure and steady inside, standing tall because they are confident. That's why it means 'having a strong belief in one's abilities'.