confident
adjective
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Is it confident or confidant? (Or is it confidante?)
If you find yourself unsure whether you should choose confident or confidant don’t feel bad; confidant comes to English from the French word confident, and when the word first entered our language it was often spelled that way, rather than as confidant. The difference is quite simple: confidant is a noun (meaning "a person in whom you confide things"), and confident is an adjective (defined as “having confidence”). You may well be confident in your confidant, but you would not be confidant in your confident. Although this distinction has not always been observed by writers, confidante is generally used for a female confidant. The word confidant is more frequently used to describe a man, but it may be applied to either gender.
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Examples of confident in a Sentence
Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2024
Want to be more successful and confident with your money?
—Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2024
The Samsung had the most intense colors — color brightness is a big strength of the company’s quantum dot OLED tech — and aggressive upscaling, the LG prioritized contrast and seemed hungry for more brightness, and the Sony was the most restrained and confident.
—Nilay Patel, The Verge, 16 Aug. 2024
Instead of having to manually upload data twice or import/export it between systems, the connected data environment automatically connects, allowing stakeholders to quickly make decisions and move a project forward, confident that their information is timely and accurate.
—Mark Schwartz, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
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“Confident.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confident. Accessed 8 Sep. 2024.
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