Have confidence (that)

I have every confidence that the job will be completed satisfactorily on time.

4. gain/win/earn somebody's confidence

if you gain someone's confidence, they begin to trust you

After a discouraging start, the young priest had begun to win the confidence of the villagers.

5. KEEP INFORMATION SECRET

[uncountable]if you tell someone something in confidence, you tell them something on the understanding that they will not tell anyone else

ￚsee also confide

In confidence

I'll tell you about Moira - in confidence, of course.

In strict/the strictest confidence

Any information given during the interview will be treated in the strictest confidence. breach of confidence (=when someone tells someone something that they were told in confidence) Lawyers are satisfied that no breach of confidence took place.

6. take somebody into your confidence

to tell someone your secrets or private or personal details about your life

Elsa took me into her confidence and told me about some of the problems she was facing.

7. A SECRET

[countable]a secret or a piece of information that is private or personal

Share/exchange confidences

They spent their evenings drinking wine and sharing confidences.

ￚsee also vote of confidence, vote of no confidence

Confident adjective

[not before noun] sure that something will happen in the way that you want or expect

Confident (that)

We are confident next year's profits will be higher.

He is quietly confident that there will be no problems this time.

Confident of

The Prime Minister appeared relaxed and confident of winning an overall majority.

The company is confident of success.

Confident about

I feel quite confident about the future.

2. sure that you have the ability to do things well or deal with situations successfully

Despite her disability, Philippa is very confident.

Confident about

I feel much more confident about myself and my abilities these days.

Confident smile/voice/manner etc

He began to read in a calm, confident voice.

3. sure that something is true

Confident (that)

We are confident we have done nothing wrong.

ￚ confidently adverb

ￚsee also self-confident

Bring verb

past tense and past participle brought / brɔːt $ brɒːt /

[transitive]

1. a) to take something or someone with you to the place where you are now, or to the place you are talking about

ￚsee also take

Did you bring an umbrella? It was the first time Joey had ever brought a girl home.

They brought news of further fighting along the border.

Bring something/somebody to something/somebody

Is it OK if I bring some friends to the party?

Bring somebody/something with you

For some reason, Jesse had brought a tape recorder with him.

b) to get something for someone and take it to them

Bring somebody something

Can you bring me another beer? Robert asked the waiter to bring him the check.

While she was in prison, friends used to bring her books and writing materials.

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