(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ someone, you believe that they are honest and sincere and will not deliberately do anything to harm you.
‘I ~ you completely,’ he said...
He did argue in a general way that the president can’t be ~ed.
VERB: V n, V n
~ed
After speaking to a group of her most ~ed advisers, she turned her anger into action.
ADJ: ADJ n
2.
Your ~ in someone is your belief that they are honest and sincere and will not deliberately do anything to harm you.
He destroyed me and my ~ in men...
You’ve betrayed their ~...
There’s a feeling of warmth and ~ here.
N-UNCOUNT: oft poss N in n
3.
If you ~ someone to do something, you believe that they will do it.
That’s why I must ~ you to keep this secret...
VERB: V n to-inf
4.
If you ~ someone with something important or valuable, you allow them to look after it or deal with it.
This could make your superiors hesitate to ~ you with major responsibilities...
I’d ~ him with my life.
VERB: V n with n, V n with n
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Trust is also a noun.
She was organizing and running a large household, a position of ~ which was generously paid...
N-UNCOUNT: also a N
5.
If you do not ~ something, you feel that it is not safe or reliable.
She nodded, not ~ing her own voice...
For one thing, he didn’t ~ his legs to hold him up...
I still can’t ~ myself to remain composed in their presence.
VERB: V n, V n to-inf, V pron-refl to-inf
6.
If you ~ someone’s judgment or advice, you believe that it is good or right.
I blame myself and will never be able to ~ my instinct again.
VERB: V n
7.
If you say you ~ that something is true, you mean you hope and expect that it is true. (FORMAL)
I ~ you will take the earliest opportunity to make a full apology...
VERB: V that
8.
If you ~ 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 ~ed in the Lord who lived to preach.
VERB: V in n
9.
A ~ is a financial arrangement in which a group of people or an organization keeps and invests money for someone.
The money will be put in ~ until she is 18.
N-COUNT: also in N
10.
A ~ 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.
He had set up two charitable ~s...
N-COUNT: supp N, oft in names
11.
In Britain, a ~ or a ~ 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.
N-COUNT: supp N, N n
12.
see also ~ing , unit ~
13.
If something valuable is kept in ~, it is held and protected by a group of people or an organization on behalf of other people.
The British Library holds its collection in ~ for the nation...
PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR, oft PHR for n
14.
If you take something on ~ after having heard or read it, you believe it completely without checking it.
He was adamant that the allegations were untrue, so I took him on ~.
PHRASE: V inflects
15.
tried and ~ed: see tried