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confident

[kon-fi-duhnt] / ˈkɒn fɪ dənt /




Usage

What are other ways to say confident? The adjective confident emphasizes the strength of the belief or the certainty of expectation felt. Positive implies emphatic certainty, which may even become overconfidence or dogmatism. Certain suggests that there are definite reasons that have freed one from doubt. Sure, the simplest and most general term, expresses mere absence of doubt. 

Example Sentences

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“As we approach the last mile of the integration, I am confident in our ability to capture the remaining synergies by the end of the year,” UBS Chief Executive Sergio Ermotti said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Harvard has said it remains confident in its legal position.

From The Wall Street Journal

The former Olympic champion said her knee feels "stable, strong and is not swollen" and she feels "confident" she will make the women's downhill event in Cortina on Sunday.

From BBC

But Vowles said he was "confident we're in a good place" because "a lot of that can be replicated with a driver simulator once you have an accurate model into where you are in reality".

From BBC

Warsh is confident that AI will be an unalloyed boon for the U.S. economy.

From Los Angeles Times