trust

trust¹ W2S1 [trʌst] n

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1¦(belief)¦

2¦(organization)¦

3¦(financial arrangement)¦

4 take something on trust

5 position of trust

6¦(companies)¦

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[Date: 1100-1200; : Old Norse; Origin: traust 'confidence, trust']

1.) ¦(BELIEF)¦[U]

a strong belief in the honesty, goodness etc of someone or something

▪ At first there was a lack of trust between them.

▪ an agreement made on the basis of mutual trust (=when people trust each other)

put/place your trust in sb/sth

▪ You shouldn't put your trust in a man like that.

▪ You betrayed your father's trust (=did something bad even though he trusted you) .

→breach of trust at ↑breach¹ (3)

2.) ¦(ORGANIZATION)¦ [C usually singular]

an organization or group that has control over money that will be used to help someone else

▪ a charitable trust

3.) ¦(FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENT)¦ [U and C]

an arrangement by which someone has legal control of your money or property, either until you are old enough to use it or to ↑invest it for you

▪ The money your father left you will be held in trust until you are 21.

→↑trust fund, ↑unit trust

4.) take sth on trust

to believe that something is true without having any proof

▪ I just had to take it on trust that he would deliver the money.

5.) position of trust

a job or position in which you have been given the responsibility of making important decisions

6.) ¦(COMPANIES)¦ especially AmE a group of companies that illegally work together to reduce competition and control prices

▪ anti-trust laws

trust ²

trust² W3S2 v [T]

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1¦(people)¦

2¦(facts/judgement)¦

3¦(things)¦

4 trust you/him/them etc (to do something)!

5 I trust (that)

Phrasal verbs

　trust in something/somebody

　trust to something

　trust somebody with something

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1.) ¦(PEOPLE)¦

to believe that someone is honest or will not do anything bad or wrong

≠ ↑distrust, mistrust ↑mistrust

▪ I just don't trust him.

trust sb to do sth

▪ Can they be trusted to look after the house?

▪ I didn't trust myself not to say something rude, so I just kept quiet.

trust sb completely/implicitly

▪ He was a good driver and I trusted him implicitly.

not trust sb an inch/not trust sb as far as you can throw them

(=not trust someone at all)

2.) ¦(FACTS/JUDGEMENT)¦

to be sure that something is correct or right

= ↑believe in, rely on ↑rely on

▪ Can we trust these statistics?

▪ I trust his judgement completely.

▪ Trust your instincts (=do what you feel is the right thing) !

3.) ¦(THINGS)¦

to be sure that something will work properly

= ↑rely on

▪ Not trusting her voice, she shook her head.

trust sth to do sth

▪ You can't trust the trains to run on time.

▪ He sat down suddenly, as if he didn't trust his legs to support him.

4.) trust you/him/them etc (to do sth)!

spoken used to say that someone has behaved in a bad or stupid way that is typical of them

▪ Trust you to write down the wrong number!

5.) I trust (that)

spoken formal used to say politely that you hope something is true

▪ I trust that from now on you will take greater precautions.

→↑trusting

→tried and trusted at ↑tried²

trust in / [trust in sth/sb] phr v

to believe in someone or something

▪ We trust in God.

trust to [trust to sth] phr v

to hope that what you want to happen will happen, because there is nothing you can do about it

▪ I'll just have to trust to luck that it works out okay.

▪ I hope I may trust to your discretion.

trust with [trust sb with sth] phr v

to let someone have something or have control over something, believing that they will be careful with it

▪ I wouldn't trust him with the keys.

▪ I'd trust her with my life.