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trust

trust
T t

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [truhst]
    • /trʌst/
    • /trʌst/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [truhst]
    • /trʌst/

Definitions of trust word

  • noun trust reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence. 1
  • noun trust confident expectation of something; hope. 1
  • noun trust confidence in the certainty of future payment for property or goods received; credit: to sell merchandise on trust. 1
  • noun trust a person on whom or thing on which one relies: God is my trust. 1
  • noun trust the condition of one to whom something has been entrusted. 1
  • noun trust the obligation or responsibility imposed on a person in whom confidence or authority is placed: a position of trust. 1

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Origin of trust

First appearance:

before 1175
One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; (noun) Middle English < Old Norse traust trust (cognate with German Trost comfort); (v.) Middle English trusten < Old Norse treysta, derivative of traust

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Trust

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

trust popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

trust usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for trust

verb trust

  • accept — If you accept something that you have been offered, you say yes to it or agree to take it.
  • anted — Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
  • anteed — Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
  • bank on — If you bank on something happening, you expect it to happen and rely on it happening.
  • bargain on — to rely or depend on (something)

noun trust

  • answerability — liable to be asked to give account; responsible: He is answerable to a committee for all his decisions.
  • anticipation — Anticipation is a feeling of excitement about something pleasant or exciting that you know is going to happen.
  • assurance — If you give someone an assurance that something is true or will happen, you say that it is definitely true or will definitely happen, in order to make them feel less worried.
  • authoritativeness — having due authority; having the sanction or weight of authority: an authoritative opinion.
  • belief — Belief is a feeling of certainty that something exists, is true, or is good.

Antonyms for trust

noun trust

  • agnosticism — Agnosticism is the belief that it is not possible to say definitely whether or not there is a God. Compare atheism.
  • anxiety — Anxiety is a feeling of nervousness or worry.
  • apprehension — Apprehension is a feeling of fear that something bad may happen.
  • apprehensiveness — uneasy or fearful about something that might happen: apprehensive for the safety of the mountain climbers.
  • apriorism — the philosophical doctrine that there may be genuine knowledge independent of experience

verb trust

  • be-little — to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
  • call in question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
  • call on — If you call on someone to do something or call upon them to do it, you say publicly that you want them to do it.
  • cast out — To cast out something or someone means to get rid of them because you do not like or need them, or do not want to take responsibility for them.
  • deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.

Top questions with trust

  • what is a trust?
  • what is a trust fund?
  • what is a living trust?
  • what is trust?
  • spirit lead me where my trust is without borders?
  • how to trust again?
  • how to rebuild trust?
  • what is a deed of trust?
  • what is a revocable trust?
  • how to regain trust?
  • what does trust mean?
  • how to build trust?
  • what is a trust account?
  • how to trust someone?
  • how to set up a trust?

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