/trʌst/
#404 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
To believe that someone is honest and will not hurt you.
Word origin
From Old Norse traust, meaning help or confidence.
- Origin
- Old Norse
- Root
- traust
- English cognates
- true, truth
Grammar
Verb typeregular (trust, trusts, trusted)
Examples
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"Trust" means to believe someone completely.
website.
You can trust things as well as people.
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Here "trust" means to be sure that someone will do something.
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