"confide" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /kənˈfaɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-confide.wav Forms: confides [present, singular, third-person], confiding [participle, present], confided [participle, past], confided [past]
Rhymes: -aɪd Etymology: From Middle Scots confide, confyde (“to put trust in”), from Latin confīdere (“to put trust in, have confidence in”), from con- (“together”) + fidēre (“to trust”). First attested in English use in the early 17th century. Doublet of faith and fidelity. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰeydʰ-}}, {{bor|en|gmw-msc|confide}} Middle Scots confide, {{der|en|la|confīdō|confīdere|to put trust in, have confidence in}} Latin confīdere (“to put trust in, have confidence in”), {{doublet|en|faith|fidelity}} Doublet of faith and fidelity Head templates: {{en-verb}} confide (third-person singular simple present confides, present participle confiding, simple past and past participle confided)
  1. (intransitive, now rare) To trust, have faith (in). Tags: archaic, intransitive Translations (to trust, have faith in): вя́рвам (vjárvam) (Bulgarian), доверявам (doverjavam) (Bulgarian), důvěřovat [imperfective] (Czech), vertrouwen (op) (Dutch), luottaa (Finnish), faire confiance (French), confiar (Galician), vertrauen (German), اینانمق (inanmak) (Ottoman Turkish), доверя́ться (doverjátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), дове́риться (dovéritʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), confiar (Spanish), güvenmek (Turkish), довіря́ти (dovirjáty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-confide-en-verb-3D2V0rBo Disambiguation of 'to trust, have faith in': 88 0 5 6
  2. (transitive, dated) To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone. Tags: dated, transitive
    Sense id: en-confide-en-verb-JnIvmyWT
  3. (intransitive, with in) To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with. Tags: intransitive Translations (intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence): نَاجَى (nājā) (Arabic), доверявам се (doverjavam se) (Bulgarian), 委托 (wěituō) (Chinese Mandarin), svěřit [perfective] (Czech), toevertrouwen (Dutch), uskoutua (Finnish), confier (French), confiar (Galician), einweihen (German), ins Vertrauen ziehen (German), concrēdō (Latin), доверя́ть (doverjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), дове́рить (dovéritʹ) [perfective] (Russian), güvenmek (Turkish), поклада́тися (pokladátysja) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-confide-en-verb-AZEZy8~J Disambiguation of "intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence": 11 0 67 21
  4. (transitive, intransitive) To say (something) in confidence. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (to say (something) in confidence): поверявам (poverjavam) (Bulgarian), toevertrouwen (Dutch), uskoutua (Finnish), confier (French), confiar (Galician), fiar (Galician), behaupten (German), εκμυστηρεύομαι (ekmystirévomai) (Greek), concrēdō (Latin), whāki (Maori), muna (Maori), sırrını söylemek; açılmak (Turkish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: confidable, confidee, confide in, confider, confiding, misconfide, reconfide, unconfided Related terms: confidant, confidante, confidence, confident, confidential, overconfident

Inflected forms

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          "text": "\"Be calm, lovely Antonia!\" he replied; \"no danger in near you: confide in my protection.\"",
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          "ref": "1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter II, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume I, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, page 16:",
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          "text": "She confided that her marriage had been in trouble for some time.",
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          "ref": "1977 December 10, Mark N. Silber, “Gays On Campus — One Story”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 23, page 15:",
          "text": "One student had been so afraid to come out to our meetings that he would secretly meet me in the bookshelves of the library and confide about the miseries of being gay, closeted, and a a virgin.",
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          "ref": "1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter II, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume I, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, page 16:",
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        "(intransitive, with in) To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with."
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          "ref": "1977 December 10, Mark N. Silber, “Gays On Campus — One Story”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 23, page 15:",
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        "(transitive, intransitive) To say (something) in confidence."
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      "roman": "vjárvam",
      "sense": "to trust, have faith in",
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      "sense": "to trust, have faith in",
      "word": "luottaa"
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      "sense": "to trust, have faith in",
      "word": "faire confiance"
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      "sense": "to trust, have faith in",
      "word": "confiar"
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      "sense": "to trust, have faith in",
      "word": "vertrauen"
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      "roman": "inanmak",
      "sense": "to trust, have faith in",
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      "word": "доверя́ться"
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      "roman": "dovéritʹsja",
      "sense": "to trust, have faith in",
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      "word": "дове́риться"
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      "sense": "to trust, have faith in",
      "word": "confiar"
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to trust, have faith in",
      "word": "güvenmek"
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      "roman": "dovirjáty",
      "sense": "to trust, have faith in",
      "word": "довіря́ти"
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      "sense": "intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence",
      "word": "نَاجَى"
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      "roman": "doverjavam se",
      "sense": "intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence",
      "word": "доверявам се"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wěituō",
      "sense": "intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence",
      "word": "委托"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence",
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      "word": "svěřit"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence",
      "word": "toevertrouwen"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence",
      "word": "uskoutua"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence",
      "word": "confier"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence",
      "word": "confiar"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence",
      "word": "einweihen"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence",
      "word": "ins Vertrauen ziehen"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence",
      "word": "concrēdō"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "doverjátʹ",
      "sense": "intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "dovéritʹ",
      "sense": "intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence",
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      "word": "дове́рить"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence",
      "word": "güvenmek"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pokladátysja",
      "sense": "intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence",
      "word": "поклада́тися"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "poverjavam",
      "sense": "to say (something) in confidence",
      "word": "поверявам"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to say (something) in confidence",
      "word": "toevertrouwen"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to say (something) in confidence",
      "word": "uskoutua"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to say (something) in confidence",
      "word": "confier"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to say (something) in confidence",
      "word": "confiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to say (something) in confidence",
      "word": "fiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to say (something) in confidence",
      "word": "behaupten"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ekmystirévomai",
      "sense": "to say (something) in confidence",
      "word": "εκμυστηρεύομαι"
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    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to say (something) in confidence",
      "word": "concrēdō"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to say (something) in confidence",
      "word": "whāki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to say (something) in confidence",
      "word": "muna"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to say (something) in confidence",
      "word": "sırrını söylemek; açılmak"
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}

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