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Meaning of "overconfident" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERCONFIDENT

overconfident  [ˌəʊvəˈkɒnfɪdənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERCONFIDENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overconfident is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OVERCONFIDENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overconfident in the English dictionary

The definition of overconfident in the dictionary is excessively confident.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERCONFIDENT


accident
ˈæksɪdənt
aidant
ˈeɪdənt
antioxidant
ˌæntɪˈɒksɪdənt
avoidant
əˈvɔɪdənt
coincident
kəʊˈɪnsɪdənt
confident
ˈkɒnfɪdənt
didn´t
ˈdɪdənt
diffident
ˈdɪfɪdənt
dissident
ˈdɪsɪdənt
evident
ˈɛvɪdənt
incident
ˈɪnsɪdənt
occident
ˈɒksɪdənt
oxidant
ˈɒksɪdənt
precedent
ˈprɛsɪdənt
president
ˈprɛzɪdənt
provident
ˈprɒvɪdənt
resident
ˈrɛzɪdənt
self-confident
ˌselfˈkɒnfɪdənt
superconfident
ˌsuːpərˈkɒnfɪdənt
trident
ˈtraɪdənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERCONFIDENT

overcommunicate
overcompensate
overcompensation
overcompensatory
overcomplex
overcompliance
overcomplicate
overcompress
overconcern
overconfidence
overconfidently
overconscious
overconsume
overconsumption
overcontrol
overcontrolled
overcontrolling
overcook
overcool
overcorrect

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERCONFIDENT

cerebral vascular accident
cerebrovascular accident
class president
co-president
dead president
ex-president
Executive Office of the President
executive president
hit-and-run accident
ident
improvident
independent
life president
nonresident
permanent resident
rident
road accident
road traffic accident
self-evident
shooting incident
vice president

Synonyms and antonyms of overconfident in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «OVERCONFIDENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «overconfident» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of overconfident

Translation of «overconfident» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERCONFIDENT

Find out the translation of overconfident to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of overconfident from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overconfident» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

自信
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

exceso de confianza
570 millions of speakers

English

overconfident
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भरोसा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الثقة المفرطة بالنفس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

самонадеянными
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

excesso de confiança
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overconfident
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

excès de confiance
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

terlalu yakin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

overconfident
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

うぬぼれた
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자신감이 지나쳤
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overconfident
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quá tự tin
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தன்னம்பிக்கை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अतीआत्मविश्वास
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kendine aşırı güvenen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

troppo sicuro di sé
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zbyt pewny siebie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

самовпевненими
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prea încrezător
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

overconfident
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oorgerus
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

overconfident
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

modig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overconfident

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERCONFIDENT»

The term «overconfident» is quite widely used and occupies the 52.782 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERCONFIDENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overconfident

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9 QUOTES WITH «OVERCONFIDENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word overconfident.
1
Neil Armstrong
Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that's when something snaps up and bites you.
2
Tony Jaa
Never be afraid to fail. Failure is only a stepping stone to improvement. Never be overconfident because that will block your improvement.
3
Daniel Kahneman
We're generally overconfident in our opinions and our impressions and judgments.
4
Andrew Lo
Most people are overconfident about their own abilities. That is probably a good thing. But we would be horrified if a physician's aide engaged in heart surgery.
5
Romano Prodi
I am not overconfident.
6
Alberto Salazar
Early in my career I was accused of being overconfident and even cocky, but I really was confident that I had done the training and didn't see any other reason to say otherwise.
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Kiele Sanchez
There is something to be said about a guy who is attractive and doesn't know it. I hate men who are overconfident.
8
Nate Silver
Almost everyone's instinct is to be overconfident and read way too much into a hot or cold streak.
9
Harold Washington
Let's not be overconfident, we still have to count the votes.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERCONFIDENT»

Discover the use of overconfident in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overconfident and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Corporate financial policies with overconfident managers
Many financing choices of US corporations remain puzzling even after accounting for standard determinants such as taxes, bankruptcy costs, and asymmetric information.
Ulrike Malmendier, Geoffrey Tate, Jonathan Yan, 2007
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Behavioral Finance: Psychology, Decision-Making, and Markets
Wiley Publishing, Inc. This material is used by permission of john Wiley & Sons, Inc. that the sensitivity of investment to cash flows is higher for overconfident managers. This is consistent with the hypothesis that overconfident managers, ...
Lucy Ackert, Richard Deaves, 2009
3
Behavioral Finance: Investors, Corporations, and Markets
Pulford and Colman (1997) also find that males are significantly more overconfident than females. In summary, gender seems to affect overconfidence where males are generally more overconfident than females. Pulford and Colman suggest ...
H. Kent Baker, John R. Nofsinger, 2010
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Advances in Financial Economics
CEO Succession and Overconfidence An interesting issue is whether an overconfident CEO removed from office is succeeded by another overconfident CEO or do boards tend to hire less confident successors. To examine this issue more fully ...
Stephen P. Ferris, 2013
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Designing Highly Useable Software
Some other programmers even reach the point where they are afraid of the overconfident programmer. And worse, this programmer might actually drive away some of the ideal pro— grammers, and they will seek work elsewhere. Now I'm ...
Jeff Cogswell, 2006
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The New Strategic Selling: The Unique Sales System Proven ...
These two reasons are the primary causes of Overconfident Mode, and not infrequently you'll find them working in combination. When that happens, you'll encounter such a strong resistance to change—any change—that trying to open their ...
Robert B. Miller, Stephen E. Heiman, Tad Tuleja, 2008
7
Bidding Strategies, Financing and Control: Modern Empirical ...
Prediction 1 In firms with abundant internal resources, overconfident CEOs are more likely to conduct acquisitions than nonoverconfident CEOs. Overconfidence also has implications for the value created by mergers. Since overconfident ...
B. Espen Eckbo, 2010
8
Dual-process Theories in Social Psychology
of. Overconfident. Attributional. Inferences. Diagnostic FIGURE 8.1. The combined effect of contextual inducements as ... The question we address, then, is this: What are the cognitive processes that underlie such overconfident attributional ...
Shelly Chaiken, Yaacov Trope, 1999
9
Asset Management and International Capital Markets
overconfident, i.e. they rebalance frequently with poor portfolio performance. Table 8 contains the results obtained from estimating the regression in Equation ( 5), where the overconfidence measure (OVERCON) is related to the same set of  ...
Wolfgang Bessler, Wolfgang Drobetz, Chris Adcock, 2013
10
Sport Psychology for Coaches
Athletes cannot be overconfident if their confidence is well-founded. When we say they are overconfident, we really mean they are unrealistically confident — their confidence is greater than their competencies and preparation warrant. By any ...
Damon Burton, Thomas D. Raedeke, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERCONFIDENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overconfident is used in the context of the following news items.
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Arsenal boss wary of getting overconfident
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger certainly has immense belief in his side. However, despite that, he is not ready to speak his mind out on their ... «TheSportsCampus.com, Jul 15»
2
Life Vests Program Enforced at Sacramento Rivers
That makes some overconfident in strong currents. “The water is relentless and it will push you where it wants you to go,” said Gonsalves. «FOX40, Jul 15»
3
EXCLUSIVE: Corbyn could break up the Labour Party
... are capable of winning the next general election. Their one chance is if the Tories make mistakes big time because they are overconfident.” ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
Deadly Volcanoes: The Eruptions that Reshaped the World and …
When man grows overconfident and full of hubris in his accomplishments and importance, mother nature, or the gods, remind mankind who is ... «Ancient Origins, Jul 15»
5
Local derbies and trips to the sun
Scotland get more difficult games in pot three. We will not be overconfident and not too arrogant but it'll be a special one. I'm looking forward to ... «BBC Sport, Jul 15»
6
Movies: New andNoteworthy
Hippocrates: Diary of a French Doctor **1/2 Feel good hospital dramedy from France is about an overconfident, narcissistic new intern (Vincent ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»
7
Southpaw - Can There Be An Original Boxing Movie?
The film's hero is Billy Hope (Jake Gyllenhaal), perhaps the best name for a protagonist ever, who begins the film as an overconfident and ... «The Escapist, Jul 15»
8
What choices after the Iran nuclear deal?
Indeed, the opposite is true, because being overconfident, the regime infrequently goes overboard, tries to be too clever, and refuses to respect ... «Al-Arabiya, Jul 15»
9
Subversive power in Modern Romance
Aziz Ansari, the U.S. comedian best known for playing the overconfident slacker Tom Haverford on the NBC comedy Parks and Recreation, has ... «Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Jul 15»
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Ohio State QBs are just about the whole college football news cycle …
... to get him the ball. His teammates highly approve of the move. Should you, like Cardale's overconfident heckler, delete your Twitter account? «SB Nation, Jul 15»

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