Idioms for trust
in trust,
in the position of being left in the care or guardianship of another: She left money to her uncle to keep in trust for her children.
Origin of trust
1175–1225; (noun) Middle English < Old Norse
traust trust (cognate with German
Trost comfort); (v.) Middle English
trusten < Old Norse
treysta, derivative of
traust
SYNONYMS FOR trust
synonym study for trust
1.
Trust,
assurance,
confidence imply a feeling of security.
Trust implies instinctive unquestioning belief in and reliance upon something:
to have trust in one's parents.
Confidence implies conscious trust because of good reasons, definite evidence, or past experience:
to have confidence in the outcome of events.
Assurance implies absolute confidence and certainty:
to feel an assurance of victory.
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British Dictionary definitions for trusted
trust
/ (trʌst) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of trust
trustable, adjective trustability, noun truster, nounWord Origin for trust
C13: from Old Norse
traust; related to Old High German
trost solace
Cultural definitions for trusted
trust
A combination of firms or corporations for the purpose of reducing competition and controlling prices throughout a business or industry. Trusts are generally prohibited or restricted by antitrust legislation. (Compare monopoly.)
Idioms and Phrases with trusted
trust
see brain trust; in trust.