trust

A2 Topic:Actions & Processes

Also spelled trust’n

US /tɹʌst/ See IPA manual

Freq #483

Meanings

1

verb
To believe that someone is honest and will not harm you.

You can trust her with any secret.
2

noun
The belief that someone is honest and reliable.

He needs to regain her trust if he is ever going to win her back.
3

verb
To hope and expect something to be true.

I trust you will behave better from now on.
4

noun
Money or property looked after by one person for the benefit of another.

She receives money from a trust set up by her parents.

Verb forms

trust, trusted, trusted

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to believe that someone is... bank

2 noun · the belief that someone is... trustfulness

3 verb · to hope and expect... hope

More belief confidence expectation faith

Opposites

distrust mistrustuntrustwantrust

Word family

Derived forms betrustforetrustmistrusttrust-fallingtrust-fundertrustabletrusteetrustertrustfultrustingtrustlesstrustor

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Phrases (8)

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complete trust
full, total confidence in someone or something

Adjective + noun
build trust
to develop trust in a relationship through consistent, reliable behaviour

Verb + noun
earn trust
to gain someone's trust through one's actions and reliability

Verb + noun
gain trust
to gradually obtain trust from others, often over a period of time

Verb + noun
lose trust
to no longer be trusted, usually due to an action that damages credibility

Verb + noun
mutual trust
trust that exists equally between two or more parties

Adjective + noun

Proverbs (9)

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Etymology

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”). Akin to Danish trøst (“comfort, solace”), Saterland Frisian Traast (“comfort, solace”), West Frisian treast (“comfort, sola…

trust Middle English *trust Old English *deru- Proto-Indo-European

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# trust

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /tɹʌst/
**Frequency rank:** 483

## Meanings
1. To believe that someone is honest and will not harm you.
2. The belief that someone is honest and reliable.
3. To hope and expect something to be true.
4. Money or property looked after by one person for the benefit of another.

## Examples
- You can trust her with any secret.
- He needs to regain her trust if he is ever going to win her back.
- I trust you will behave better from now on.
- She receives money from a trust set up by her parents.

## Synonyms
- belief
- confidence
- expectation
- faith
- hope

## Antonyms
- distrust
- mistrust
- untrust
- wantrust

## Derived Forms
- betrust
- foretrust
- mistrust
- trust-falling
- trust-funder
- trustable
- trustee
- truster
- trustful
- trusting
- trustless
- trustor

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: trust
- Root: *trust
- Root: *deru-

## Etymology
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”). Akin to Danish trøst (“comfort, solace”), Saterland Frisian Traast (“comfort, solace”), West Frisian treast (“comfort, sola…

## AI Etymology
Trust is 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”). Derived formations include betrust, foretrust, mistrust, trust-falling, trust-funder, trustable, trustee, truster.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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