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  • 11confidence — noun 1 FEELING SB/STH IS GOOD (U) the feeling that you can trust someone or something to be good, work well, or produce good results (+ in): Our first priority is to maintain the customer s confidence in our product. | have confidence in: We have …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 12confidence */*/*/ — UK [ˈkɒnfɪd(ə)ns] / US [ˈkɑnfɪdəns] noun Word forms confidence : singular confidence plural confidences 1) [uncountable] the belief that you are able to do things well have confidence: He s a nice boy, but he doesn t have much confidence.… …

    English dictionary

  • 13confidence — con|fi|dence [ kanfıdəns ] noun *** 1. ) uncount the belief that you are able to do things well: give someone confidence: Motherhood gave her confidence. gain/lose confidence: The more he fails, the more he loses confidence in his abilities. lack …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 14confidence*/*/*/ — [ˈkɒnfɪd(ə)ns] noun [U] 1) the belief that you are able to do things well You should have more confidence in your yourself.[/ex] I m doing this course mainly to gain a little confidence.[/ex] The more he fails, the more he loses confidence.[/ex]… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 15gain — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, considerable, dramatic, enormous, huge, impressive, major, real, significant, spectacular …

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  • 16gain — A profit on a securities transaction recognized by selling a security for more than the security originally cost. The gain is the difference between the cost and the sale. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. gain gain 1 [geɪn] …

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  • 17gain — 1 /geIn/ verb 1 GET STH (T) to obtain or achieve something important or valuable: She gained high grades in English and Math. | After gaining independence in 1957, it was renamed Ghana . | when radical left parties gained control of local… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18gain — I UK [ɡeɪn] / US verb Word forms gain : present tense I/you/we/they gain he/she/it gains present participle gaining past tense gained past participle gained *** 1) a) [transitive] to get or achieve something, usually as a result of a lot of… …

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  • 19Confidence Man (disambiguation) — A confidence man, also known as a con man or a con artist, is someone who takes advantage of someone else usually for financial gain using what is known as a confidence trick.Confidence man may also be: * Confidence Man (Lost), an episode of the… …

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  • 20confidence game —  Conspiracy where criminals gain the trust of an individual (PIGEON) and then cheat the person out of money …

    American business jargon