overconfident

«overconfident» in Mova's school dictionary: too sure of yourself, so you take risks or don't prepare… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (overconfident, more overconfident)

meaning for a pupil

Overconfident means too sure of yourself, so you take risks or don't prepare enough. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in sport, exams and stories: the hare in «The Tortoise and the Hare» was overconfident. It warns the reader that the character may fail.

examples

• The hare was overconfident and lost the race. tree →
• Don't be overconfident; check your answers. tree →
• The team was overconfident and didn't train. tree →
• He felt overconfident and skipped revision. tree →
• Being overconfident on ice can be dangerous. tree →
• She was a little overconfident about the spelling test. tree →

note

One word. Noun: overconfidence. «Over-» means too much. Opposite: underconfident, unsure.

In the corpora

• "Those who flatter their neighbours are spreading nets for their feet" (Proverbs 29:5); empty praise can make people overconfident.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «overconfident» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.