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confide
[ kuhn-fahyd ]
verb (used without object)
- to impart secrets trustfully; discuss private matters or problems (usually followed by in ):
She confides in no one but her husband.
- to have full trust; have faith:
They confided in their own ability.
verb (used with object)
- to tell in assurance of secrecy:
He confided all his plans to her.
Synonyms: , , ,
- to entrust; commit to the charge or knowledge of another:
She confided her jewelry to her sister.
confide
/ əˈڲɪ /
verb
- usually foll byin; when tr, may take a clause as object to disclose (secret or personal matters) in confidence (to); reveal in private (to)
- intrfoll byin to have complete trust
- tr to entrust into another's keeping
Derived Forms
- Dzˈھ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- Dz·ھİ noun
- cDz·ھ verb preconfided preconfiding
- ܲcDz·ھĻ adjective
- ɱ-Dz·ھĻ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of confide1
Example Sentences
Alice confided in a few close friends, but took things no further.
One woman, who doesn’t want to give her name, confides that she’d like to hear from her brother, who recently died.
In a leadership workshop, one participant confided that he held hard-right political views and worried that colleagues would shun him, impacting his career.
"He is a very nice man, but he is a hard man too," one of them confides.
And Rebecca, who used to confide in Winter about problems in her marriage, stopped communicating as much.
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