trustverb
uk/trʌst/us/trʌst/trust verb (BELIEVE)
B1 [ I or T ] to believe that someone is good and honest and will not harm you, or that something is safe and reliable:
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- He's such a liar - you can't trust a word he says.
- I can't employ him in the shop unless I can trust him.
- After what she did to me, I'll never trust her again.
- You can trust Ruth because she always does things by the rules.
- He's a sly old devil - I wouldn't trust him with my money.
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Trusting and not trusting
- (you can) depend on/upon it idiom
- accept/take sth on faith idiom
- bank
- bank on sb/sth
- believe
- believe in sb
- count
- distrust
- faith
- have faith! idiom
- I wouldn't trust sb as far as I could throw them idiom
- keep faith with sth/sb idiom
- lean
- put/place your faith in sth/sb idiom
- reliance
- rely on/upon sb/sth
- repose
- repose trust/confidence/hope in sb/sth idiom
- turn
- untrustworthy
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trust verb (HOPE)
C1 [ I ] formal to hope and expect that something is true:
Idiom(s)
trustnoun
uk/trʌst/us/trʌst/trust noun (BELIEF)
B2 [ U ] the belief that you can trust someone or something:
to believe that something is true although you have no proof
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- Lack of trust is very destructive in a relationship.
- Theirs was a partnership based on mutual respect, trust and understanding.
- A good relationship is built on trust.
- All her life she had a childlike trust in other people.
- We place our trust in doctors, but even they are fallible.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Trusting and not trusting
- (you can) depend on/upon it idiom
- accept/take sth on faith idiom
- bank
- bank on sb/sth
- believe
- believe in sb
- count
- distrust
- faith
- have faith! idiom
- I wouldn't trust sb as far as I could throw them idiom
- keep faith with sth/sb idiom
- lean
- put/place your faith in sth/sb idiom
- reliance
- rely on/upon sb/sth
- repose
- repose trust/confidence/hope in sb/sth idiom
- turn
- untrustworthy
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trust noun (LEGAL ARRANGEMENT)
[ C ] a legal arrangement in which a person or organization controls property and/or money for another person or organization:
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Trusts & funds
- annuity
- blind trust
- covenant
- escrow
- fiduciary
- fund
- funding
- inheritance
- kitty
- mutual fund
- pension fund
- pension plan
- slush fund
- super
- superannuation
- support
- the Consolidated Fund
- trustee
- trusteeship
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trust noun (ORGANIZATION)
[ C ] an organization that controls property and/or money for another person:
[ C ] US used in the name of some banks:
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Organizations, Societies & clubs
- Assn
- Assoc
- association
- book club
- brotherhood
- commission
- committee
- empire
- fan club
- FC
- feeder club
- foundation
- friendly society
- housing association
- insignia
- monolith
- secret society
- select committee
- society
- the old guard
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