VERB | communication | confide | reveal in private |
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possession | confide, entrust, intrust, trust, commit | confer a trust upon |
Sounds | kahnfay'd | |
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Rhymes | abide ... Yuletide: 172 rhymes with ayd... |
Meaning | reveal in private; tell confidentially. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something to somebody; Somebody ----s PP | |
Model | They confide that there was a traffic accident | |
Entails | trust | Have confidence or faith in |
Narrower | unbosom, relieve | relieve oneself of troubling information |
Broader | unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out, uncover | Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret |
Spanish | confiar | |
Nouns | confidant | someone to whom private matters are confided |
confidence | a secret that is confided or entrusted to another |
Meaning | confer a trust upon. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
Synonyms | entrust, intrust, trust, commit | |
Narrower | commend | Give to in charge |
consign, charge | Give over to another for care or safekeeping | |
obligate | commit in order to fulfill an obligation | |
recommit | commit again | |
Broader | pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give | place into the hands or custody of |
Spanish | confiar, encargar | |
Catalan | confiar | |
Nouns | confidence | a trustful relationship |
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