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• gain the confidence of — index convince, disarm (set at ease), persuade, prevail (persuade) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• confidence man — ☆ confidence man n. a swindler who tries to gain the confidence of the victim in order to defraud …   English World dictionary

• gain in something — ˈgain in sth derived to get more of a particular quality • to gain in confidence • His books have gained in popularity in recent years. Main entry: ↑gainderived …   Useful english dictionary

• confidence — noun 1 FEELING SB/STH IS GOOD (U) the feeling that you can trust someone or something to be good, work well, or produce good results (+ in): Our first priority is to maintain the customer s confidence in our product. | have confidence in: We have …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• confidence */*/*/ — UK [ˈkɒnfɪd(ə)ns] / US [ˈkɑnfɪdəns] noun Word forms confidence : singular confidence plural confidences 1) [uncountable] the belief that you are able to do things well have confidence: He s a nice boy, but he doesn t have much confidence.… …   English dictionary

• confidence — con|fi|dence [ kanfıdəns ] noun *** 1. ) uncount the belief that you are able to do things well: give someone confidence: Motherhood gave her confidence. gain/lose confidence: The more he fails, the more he loses confidence in his abilities. lack …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• confidence*/*/*/ — [ˈkɒnfɪd(ə)ns] noun [U] 1) the belief that you are able to do things well You should have more confidence in your yourself.[/ex] I m doing this course mainly to gain a little confidence.[/ex] The more he fails, the more he loses confidence.[/ex]… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• gain — I UK [ɡeɪn] / US verb Word forms gain : present tense I/you/we/they gain he/she/it gains present participle gaining past tense gained past participle gained *** 1) a) [transitive] to get or achieve something, usually as a result of a lot of… …   English dictionary

• gain someone's confidence — gain/​get someone’s confidence phrase to make someone feel that they can trust you You need to gain the horse’s confidence. Thesaurus: to have an effect on someone s emotions or attitudessynonym Main entry: confidence …   Useful english dictionary

• Confidence (disambiguation) — Confidence can refer to: Concepts Confidence, meaning trust or faith in someone Confidence (politics), trust in government Vote of confidence, a political step Confidence interval, a term used in statistical analysis: see also Confidence in… …   Wikipedia

• confidence game — n. A swindle in which a swindler earns the trust of the victim and then takes advantage of it to cheat the victim out of money; informally called a con game or simply con. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks …   Law dictionary