If you have confidence in someone, you feel that you can trust them. I have every confidence in you This has contributed to the lack of confidence in the police His record on ceasefires inspires no confidence. = faith
a secret that is confided or entrusted to another; "everyone trusted him with their confidences"; "the priest could not reveal her confidences"
The state of mind characterized by one's reliance on himself, or his circumstances; a feeling of self-sufficiency; such assurance as leads to a feeling of security; self-reliance; often with self prefixed
a secret that is confided or entrusted to another; "everyone trusted him with their confidences"; "the priest could not reveal her confidences" a feeling of trust (in someone or something); "I have confidence in our team"; "confidence is always borrowed, never owned" a trustful relationship; "he took me into his confidence"; "he betrayed their trust" a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable; "public confidence in the economy
a trustful relationship; "he took me into his confidence"; "he betrayed their trust"
"Belief that something will happen based on rational reasons and valid thought processes "
If you can say something with confidence, you feel certain it is correct. I can say with confidence that such rumors were totally groundless
If you tell someone something in confidence, you tell them a secret. We told you all these things in confidence Even telling Lois seemed a betrayal of confidence. If you take someone into your confidence, you tell them a secret. If your daughter takes you into her confidence, don't rush off to tell your husband. see also vote of no confidence
freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that failure he lost his confidence"; "she spoke with authority"
Confidence of rule "B given A" is a measure of how much more likely it is that B occurs when A has occurred It is expressed as a percentage, with 100% meaning B always occurs if A has occurred Statisticians refer to this as the conditional probability of B given A When used with association rules, the term confidence is observational rather than predictive (Statisticians also use this term in an unrelated way There are ways to estimate an interval and the probability that the interval contains the true value of a parameter is called the interval confidence So a 95% confidence interval for the mean has a probability of 95 of covering the true value of the mean )
If you have confidence, you feel sure about your abilities, qualities, or ideas. The band is on excellent form and brimming with confidence I always thought the worst of myself and had no confidence whatsoever