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trust

UK/tɹʌst/ US/t͡ʃʰɹ̥ʌst/ very common slang
verb (6) noun (6)

verb

1.

have confidence or faith in

  • “We can trust in God”
  • “Rely on your friends”
  • “bank on your good education”
  • “I swear by my grandmother”
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2.

allow without fear

3.

be confident about something

  • “I believe that he will come back from the war”
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4.

expect and wish

  • “I trust you will behave better from now on”
  • “I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise”
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5.

confer a trust upon

  • “The messenger was entrusted with the general”
  • “;”
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6.

noun

1.

something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)

  • “he is the beneficiary of a generous trust set up by his father”
2.

certainty based on past experience

  • “he wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists”
  • “he put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun”
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3.

the trait of trusting; of believing in the honesty and reliability of others

  • “the experience destroyed his trust and personal dignity”
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4.

a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service

  • “they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly”
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5.

complete confidence in a person or plan etc

  • “he cherished the faith of a good woman”
  • “the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust”
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6.

a trustful relationship

  • “he took me into his confidence”
  • “he betrayed their trust”
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Origin

From Middle English trust, trost (“trust, protection”). Long considered a borrowing from Old Norse traust (“confidence, help, protection”), from Proto-Germanic *traustą, but the root vocalism is incompatible, so trust has come to be considered a reflex of an unattested Old English *trust, from a rare zero-grade Proto-Germanic variant of the same root also attested in Middle High German getrüste (“host”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deru- (“be firm, hard, solid”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Traast (“comfort, solace”), West Frisian treast (“comfort, consolation, solace”), Dutch troost (“comfort, consolation”), German Trost (“comfort, consolation”), Low German Troost (“comfort, consolation”), Luxembourgish Trouscht (“consolation”), Danish trøst (“comfort, solace”), Icelandic traust (“faith, trust; confidence”), Norwegian Nynorsk trøst, trøyst (“consolation”), Swedish tröst (“comfort, consolation”), Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌹 (trausti, “covenant, pact”). Doublet of tryst. More at true, tree.

Phrases

  • never trust me Terms derived from trust (verb)
  • trust everybody, but cut the cards Terms derived from trust (verb)
  • trust me bro Terms derived from trust (verb)
  • trust someone across the street Terms derived from trust (verb)
  • trust someone as far as one can spit Terms derived from trust (verb)
  • trust someone as far as one could fling a bull by the tail Terms derived from trust (verb)
  • trust someone as far as one could spit Terms derived from trust (verb)
  • trust someone as far as one could throw them Terms derived from trust (verb)

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