trust ( trusts plural & 3rd person present) ( trusting present participle) ( trusted past tense & past participle )
1 verb If you trust someone, you believe that they are honest and sincere and will not deliberately do anything to harm you.
`I trust you completely,' he said... V n
He did argue in a general way that the president can't be trusted. V n
trusted adj ADJ n
After speaking to a group of her most trusted advisers, she turned her anger into action.
2 n-uncount Your trustin someone is your belief that they are honest and sincere and will not deliberately do anything to harm you.
oft poss N in n
He destroyed me and my trust in men..., You've betrayed their trust..., There's a feeling of warmth and trust here.
3 verb If you trust someone to do something, you believe that they will do it.
That's why I must trust you to keep this secret... V n to-inf
4 verb If you trust someone with something important or valuable, you allow them to look after it or deal with it.
This could make your superiors hesitate to trust you with major responsibilities... V n with n
I'd trust him with my life. V n with n
Trust is also a noun., n-uncount also a N
She was organizing and running a large household, a position of trust which was generously paid...
5 verb If you do not trust something, you feel that it is not safe or reliable.
She nodded, not trusting her own voice... V n
For one thing, he didn't trust his legs to hold him up... V n to-inf
I still can't trust myself to remain composed in their presence. V pron-refl to-inf
6 verb If you trust someone's judgment or advice, you believe that it is good or right.
I blame myself and will never be able to trust my instinct again. V n
7 verb If you say you trust that something is true, you mean you hope and expect that it is true.
FORMAL I trust you will take the earliest opportunity to make a full apology... V that
8 verb If you trust in someone or something, you believe strongly in them, and do not doubt their powers or their good intentions.
FORMAL He was a pastor who trusted in the Lord who lived to preach. V in n
9 n-count A trust is a financial arrangement in which a group of people or an organization keeps and invests money for someone.
also in N
The money will be put in trust until she is 18.
10 n-count A trust is a group of people or an organization that has control of an amount of money or property and invests it on behalf of other people or as a charity.
supp N, oft in names
He had set up two charitable trusts...
11 n-count In Britain, a trust or a trust hospital is a public hospital that receives its funding directly from the national government. It has its own board of governors and is not controlled by the local health authority.
supp N, N n
13 If something valuable is kept in trust, it is held and protected by a group of people or an organization on behalf of other people.
in trust phrase PHR after v, v-link PHR, oft PHR for n
The British Library holds its collection in trust for the nation...
14 If you take something on trust after having heard or read it, you believe it completely without checking it.
take sth on trust phrase V inflects
He was adamant that the allegations were untrue, so I took him on trust.
tried and trusted →
tried trust to phrasal verb If you trust to luck or instinct, you hope that it will enable you to achieve what you are trying to do, because you have nothing else to help you. no passive
(=rely on) I set off for the valley, trusting to luck... V P n Gardiner is simply trusting to instinct and experience. V P n
blind trust ( blind trusts plural ) A blind trust is a financial arrangement in which someone's investments are managed without the person knowing where the money is invested. Blind trusts are used especially by people such as members of parliament, so that they cannot be accused of using their position to make money unfairly. (BUSINESS) n-count
His shares were placed in a blind trust when he became a government minister.
trust fund ( trust funds plural ) A trust fund is an amount of money or property that someone owns, usually after inheriting it, but which is kept and invested for them. n-count
unit trust ( unit trusts plural ) A unit trust is an organization which invests money in many different types of business and which offers units for sale to the public as an investment. You can also refer to an investment of this type as a unit trust.
(BRIT, BUSINESS) n-count
in AM, use mutual fund