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aspire | confident |

As a verb aspire

is .

As an adjective confident is

very sure of something; positive.

As a noun confident is

.

aspire

English

Verb

  • To hope or dream; especially to hope or work towards a profession or occupation (followed by to as a preposition or infinitive particle ).
    • He aspires to become a successful doctor.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Aspiring to be angels, men rebel.
  • (obsolete) To aspire to; to long for; to try to reach; to mount to.
  • * Shakespeare
    • That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds.
  • To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.
  • * Waller
    • My own breath still foments the fire, / Which flames as high as fancy can aspire .

    Related terms

    * aspiration * aspirant * aspiring

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    confident

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • very sure of something; positive
    • I'm pretty confident that she's not lying, she's acting normally.
  • self-confident

    • Antonyms

    * (self-confident) insecure, self-destructive

    Synonyms

    * (self-confident) self-assured

    Related terms

    * confidant * confidante * confide * confidence * confidential * overconfident * self-confident

    Noun

    (en noun)
    • (Dryden)
    (South)
    (Webster 1913)

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