- trust someone/thing to
- commit someone or something to the safe keeping of.→ trust
English new terms dictionary. 2014.
trust someone/thing to
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trust — noun 1》 firm belief in someone or something. ↘acceptance of the truth of a statement without evidence or investigation. 2》 the state of being responsible for someone or something: a man in a position of trust. 3》 Law an arrangement whereby a… … English new terms dictionary
trust — trust1 [ trʌst ] noun *** 1. ) uncount a feeling of confidence in someone that shows you believe they are honest, fair, and reliable: Trust is an important issue between teenagers and their parents. trust in: public trust in police officers… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
trust */*/*/ — I UK [trʌst] / US noun Word forms trust : singular trust plural trusts 1) a) [uncountable] a feeling of confidence in someone that shows you believe they are honest, fair, and reliable Trust is an important issue between teenagers and their… … English dictionary
trust — trust1 W2S1 [trʌst] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(belief)¦ 2¦(organization)¦ 3¦(financial arrangement)¦ 4 take something on trust 5 position of trust 6¦(companies)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1100 1200; : Old Norse; Origin: traust confidence, trust ] … Dictionary of contemporary English
trust — [[t]trʌ̱st[/t]] ♦♦ trusts, trusting, trusted 1) VERB If you trust someone, you believe that they are honest and sincere and will not deliberately do anything to harm you. [V n] I trust you completely, he said... [V n] He did argue in a general… … English dictionary
trust — n 1 Trust, confidence, reliance, dependence, faith can all mean the fact of feeling sure or the state of mind of one who feels sure that a person or thing will not fail him. Trust implies an absolute and assured resting on something or someone;… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
trust — trustable, adj. trustability, n. truster, n. /trust/, n. 1. reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence. 2. confident expectation of something; hope. 3. confidence in the certainty of future… … Universalium
thing — /TIN/ noun 1 IDEA/ACTION/FEELING/FACT (C) anything that you can think of as a single item, for example an idea, an action, a feeling, or a fact: The important thing is for us to tell the truth. | What a stupid thing to do. | A horrible thing… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
trust — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. reliance, confidence; credit; holding company, monopoly. See belief, business. v. rely on, believe in, give credit to. Se belief. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Reliance] Syn. confidence, Dependence, belief,… … English dictionary for students
trust — [[t]trʌst[/t]] n. 1) reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence 2) confident expectation of something; hope 3) confidence in the certainty of future payment for property or goods received; credit … From formal English to slang
