"confident" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkɒnfɪdənt/ [Received-Pronunciation], [ˈkʰɔɱ.fɪ.dənt] [Received-Pronunciation], [-dn̩t] [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɑnfɪdənt/ [General-American], [ˈkʰɑɱ.fə.dənt] [General-American], [-dn̩t] [General-American] Audio: en-us-confident.ogg Forms: more confident [comparative], most confident [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French confident, from Latin confidens (“confident, i.e. self-confident, in a good or bad sense, bold, daring, audacious, impudent”), present participle of confidere (“to trust fully, confide”). See confide. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰeydʰ-}}, {{der|en|frm|confident}} Middle French confident, {{der|en|la|confidens||confident, i.e. self-confident, in a good or bad sense, bold, daring, audacious, impudent}} Latin confidens (“confident, i.e. self-confident, in a good or bad sense, bold, daring, audacious, impudent”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} confident (comparative more confident, superlative most confident)
  1. Very sure of something; positive. Translations (being very sure of or positive about something): وَاثِق (wāṯiq) [masculine] (Arabic), مُتَأَكِّد (mutaʔakkid) (Arabic), վստահ (vstah) (Armenian), arxayın (Azerbaijani), упэ́ўнены (upéŭnjeny) (Belarusian), пэ́ўны (péŭny) (Belarusian), си́гурен (síguren) (Bulgarian), уве́рен (uvéren) (Bulgarian), confiat (Catalan), 確信 /确信 (quèxìn) (Chinese Mandarin), jistý [masculine] (Czech), vol vertrouwen (Dutch), fida (Esperanto), luottavainen (Finnish), itsevarma (Finnish), assuré (French), confiant (French), sûr (French), დარწმუნებული (darc̣munebuli) (Georgian), zuversichtlich (German), sicher (German), בטוח (bat'uakh) [masculine] (Hebrew), בטוחה (bet'ukha) [feminine] (Hebrew), bizakodó (Hungarian), biztos (Hungarian), certigeso (Ido), yakin (Indonesian), urrúsach (Irish), fiducioso (Italian), sicuro (Italian), 確信した (kakushin shita) (alt: かくしんした) (Japanese), 확신하다 (hwaksinhada) (Korean), pārliecināts (Latvian), уверен (uveren) (Macedonian), ngākau titikaha (Maori), māia (Maori), مطمئن (motma'en) (Persian), driest (Plautdietsch), pewny (Polish), pewien (Polish), przeświadczony (Polish), confiante (Portuguese), seguro [masculine] (Portuguese), sigur (Romanian), încrezător (Romanian), уве́ренный (uvérennyj) (Russian), cinnteach (Scottish Gaelic), deimhinn (Scottish Gaelic), misneachail (Scottish Gaelic), istý (Slovak), confiado (Spanish), lleno de confianza (Spanish), seguro (Spanish), trygg (Swedish), มั่นใจ (mân-jai) (Thai), впе́внений (vpévnenyj) (Ukrainian), пе́вний (pévnyj) (Ukrainian), tự tin (Vietnamese), kiikarahi (Winnebago)
    Sense id: en-confident-en-adj-qo~JOHBm Disambiguation of 'being very sure of or positive about something': 80 19 0
  2. Self-assured, self-reliant, sure of oneself. Synonyms (self-confident): self-assured
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  3. (obsolete, derogatory) Forward, impudent. Tags: derogatory, obsolete Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-confident-en-adj-kdvgcJ1o Disambiguation of Personality: 0 18 76 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: confidant, confidante, confide, confidence, confidential, e-confident, overconfident, self-confident

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɒnfɪdənt/ [Received-Pronunciation], [ˈkʰɔɱ.fɪ.dənt] [Received-Pronunciation], [-dn̩t] [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɑnfɪdənt/ [General-American], [ˈkʰɑɱ.fə.dənt] [General-American], [-dn̩t] [General-American] Audio: en-us-confident.ogg Forms: confidents [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French confident, from Latin confidens (“confident, i.e. self-confident, in a good or bad sense, bold, daring, audacious, impudent”), present participle of confidere (“to trust fully, confide”). See confide. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰeydʰ-}}, {{der|en|frm|confident}} Middle French confident, {{der|en|la|confidens||confident, i.e. self-confident, in a good or bad sense, bold, daring, audacious, impudent}} Latin confidens (“confident, i.e. self-confident, in a good or bad sense, bold, daring, audacious, impudent”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} confident (plural confidents)
  1. Obsolete form of confidant. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: confidant
    Sense id: en-confident-en-noun-w2xaOKa-

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "wāṯiq",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "وَاثِق"
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "mutaʔakkid",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "مُتَأَكِّد"
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "vstah",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "վստահ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "arxayın"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "upéŭnjeny",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "упэ́ўнены"
        },
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          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "péŭny",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "пэ́ўны"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "síguren",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "си́гурен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "uvéren",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "уве́рен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "confiat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "quèxìn",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "確信 /确信"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "jistý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "vol vertrouwen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "fida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "luottavainen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "itsevarma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "assuré"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "confiant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "sûr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "darc̣munebuli",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "დარწმუნებული"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "zuversichtlich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "sicher"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "bat'uakh",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "בטוח"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "bet'ukha",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "בטוחה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "bizakodó"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "biztos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "certigeso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "yakin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "urrúsach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "fiducioso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "sicuro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "alt": "かくしんした",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kakushin shita",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "確信した"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "hwaksinhada",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "확신하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "pārliecināts"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "uveren",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "уверен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "ngākau titikaha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "māia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "motma'en",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "مطمئن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "driest"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "pewny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "pewien"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "przeświadczony"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "confiante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "seguro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "sigur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "încrezător"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "uvérennyj",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "уве́ренный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "cinnteach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "deimhinn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "misneachail"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "istý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "confiado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "lleno de confianza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "seguro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "trygg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "mân-jai",
          "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
          "word": "มั่นใจ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 0",
          "code": "uk",
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      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "վստահ"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "arxayın"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "upéŭnjeny",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "упэ́ўнены"
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      "code": "be",
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      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "пэ́ўны"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "síguren",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "си́гурен"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "uvéren",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "confiat"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "quèxìn",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "確信 /确信"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
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      "word": "jistý"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "vol vertrouwen"
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "fida"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "luottavainen"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "itsevarma"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "assuré"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "confiant"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "sûr"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "darc̣munebuli",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "დარწმუნებული"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "zuversichtlich"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "sicher"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "bat'uakh",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "בטוח"
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      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "bizakodó"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "certigeso"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "yakin"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "urrúsach"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "fiducioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "sicuro"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かくしんした",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kakushin shita",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "確信した"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hwaksinhada",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "확신하다"
    },
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "pārliecināts"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "uveren",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "уверен"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "ngākau titikaha"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "māia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "motma'en",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "مطمئن"
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    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "driest"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "pewny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "pewien"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "przeświadczony"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "confiante"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "seguro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "sigur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "încrezător"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uvérennyj",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "уве́ренный"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "cinnteach"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "deimhinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "misneachail"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "istý"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "confiado"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "lleno de confianza"
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      "word": "seguro"
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      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
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      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "มั่นใจ"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "vpévnenyj",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "впе́внений"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "пе́вний"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
      "word": "tự tin"
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      "sense": "being very sure of or positive about something",
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