Trust
/trΚst/
The meaning and definition of Trust, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.
Definition
noun
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Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.
βHe needs to regain her trust if he is ever going to win her back.β
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Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit.
βI was out of cash, but the landlady let me have it on trust.β
verb
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To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or have faith, in.
βWe cannot trust anyone who deceives us.β
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To hope confidently; to believe (usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object)
βI trust you have cleaned your room?β
Definitions from the Free Dictionary API
Antonyms
distrust mistrust untrust wantrust
Origin
From Middle English truste, from Old Norse traust.
Source: Etymological Wordnet (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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