trust

CEFRB1

/tɹʌst/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To believe that someone is honest, reliable, or safe.

  2. 02

    noun

    A strong belief in someone's honesty or ability.

Examples

  • All you can do is trust one another.

  • If the world weren't in the shape it is now, I could trust anyone.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit.

  2. Dependence upon something in the future; hope.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.

More examples

In context

  • Our partnership is based on trust.

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

  • to lose trust in someone

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Origin

verb

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 (“co...