confide

verbB1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

confides

V_ing/Gerund

confiding

V_ed/pp

confided

1.
(archaic, intransitive)(intransitive, now rare) To trust, have faith (in).
2.
(dated, transitive)To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone.
I confide this mission to you alone.
3.
(intransitive)(intransitive, with in) To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with.
I could no longer keep this secret alone; I decided to confide in my brother.
4.
(intransitive, transitive)To say (something) in confidence.
After several drinks, I confided my problems to the barman.
She confided that her marriage had been in trouble for some time.

Từ liên quan

Cùng gốc / liên quan

unconfidedconfide inconfidableconfidingconfideeconfidermisconfidereconfide

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From confide, confyde (to put trust in), from Latin confīdere (to put trust in, have confidence in), from con- (together) + fidēre (to trust). First attested in English use in the early 17th century. faith fidelity.