This expression describes building self-confidence.
The idea
Use build confidence to express this idea in context. The verb changes with tense and subject.
Examples
- Small successes build confidence.
- Practice builds confidence in speaking.
- The coach builds the players’ confidence.
- The course helped us build confidence at work.
- A friendly audience can build a singer’s confidence.
- Volunteering built their confidence over time.
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Avoid make confidence in this meaning; the natural combination is build confidence.
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Choose the missing word. We can ___ confidence by rehearsing. (build / do)
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build
build: The modal calls for the base form.
Choose the missing word. The workshop ___ confidence last week. (built / builds)
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built
built: Yesterday or the past time calls for the past form.
Choose the missing word. Regular feedback ___ confidence in the team. (builds / build)
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builds
builds: The singular subject calls for this present form.
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Choose the missing word. We can ___ confidence by rehearsing. (build / do)
Choose the missing word. The workshop ___ confidence last week. (built / builds)
Choose the missing word. Regular feedback ___ confidence in the team. (builds / build)
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