confident
part of speech
adjective (confident, more confident, most confident); adverb (confidently)
meaning for a pupil
1) Confident means feeling sure that you can do something well: a confident swimmer. tree →
2) Confident means sure that something will happen or is true: I'm confident we'll win. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and 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. In the primary 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
- A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; but the fool behaveth overbearingly, and is confident. (Writings PRO.14.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- 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 →
- 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 →
- I feel confident about my spelling test. tree →
- She is a confident swimmer now. tree →
- The teacher was confident that we would finish on time. tree →
- Practice makes you more confident. tree →
- He walked confidently onto the stage. tree →
- The hare was so confident he would win that he took a nap. tree →
- They talked of Cinderella, and Tootles was confident that his mother must have been very like her. tree →
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 the corpora
- Rise up, ye women that are at ease, and hear my voice; ye confident daughters, give ear unto my speech.
- A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; but the fool behaveth overbearingly, and is confident.
- Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; he is confident, though the Jordan rush forth to his mouth.
- A confident made-up answer from a bot is called a hallucination.
- Confident writing makes people trust it, but confidence is not proof.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «confident» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.