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" Every president has to live with the result of what Lyndon Johnson did with Vietnam, when he lost the trust of the American people in the presidency."
Robert Caro

Meaning of "trust" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TRUST

From Old Norse traust; related to Old High German trost solace.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF TRUST

trʌst


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TRUST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Trust is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb trust in English.

WHAT DOES TRUST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of trust in the English dictionary

The first definition of trust in the dictionary is reliance on and confidence in the truth, worth, reliability, etc, of a person or thing; faith related adjective fiducial. Other definition of trust is a group of commercial enterprises combined to monopolize and control the market for any commodity: illegal in the US. Trust is also the obligation of someone in a responsible position.



CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TRUST

PRESENT

Present
I trust
you trust
he/she/it trusts
we trust
you trust
they trust
Present continuous
I am trusting
you are trusting
he/she/it is trusting
we are trusting
you are trusting
they are trusting
Present perfect
I have trusted
you have trusted
he/she/it has trusted
we have trusted
you have trusted
they have trusted
Present perfect continuous
I have been trusting
you have been trusting
he/she/it has been trusting
we have been trusting
you have been trusting
they have been trusting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I trusted
you trusted
he/she/it trusted
we trusted
you trusted
they trusted
Past continuous
I was trusting
you were trusting
he/she/it was trusting
we were trusting
you were trusting
they were trusting
Past perfect
I had trusted
you had trusted
he/she/it had trusted
we had trusted
you had trusted
they had trusted
Past perfect continuous
I had been trusting
you had been trusting
he/she/it had been trusting
we had been trusting
you had been trusting
they had been trusting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will trust
you will trust
he/she/it will trust
we will trust
you will trust
they will trust
Future continuous
I will be trusting
you will be trusting
he/she/it will be trusting
we will be trusting
you will be trusting
they will be trusting
Future perfect
I will have trusted
you will have trusted
he/she/it will have trusted
we will have trusted
you will have trusted
they will have trusted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been trusting
you will have been trusting
he/she/it will have been trusting
we will have been trusting
you will have been trusting
they will have been trusting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would trust
you would trust
he/she/it would trust
we would trust
you would trust
they would trust
Conditional continuous
I would be trusting
you would be trusting
he/she/it would be trusting
we would be trusting
you would be trusting
they would be trusting
Conditional perfect
I would have trust
you would have trust
he/she/it would have trust
we would have trust
you would have trust
they would have trust
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been trusting
you would have been trusting
he/she/it would have been trusting
we would have been trusting
you would have been trusting
they would have been trusting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you trust
we let´s trust
you trust
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to trust
Past participle
trusted
Present Participle
trusting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TRUST

antirust · antitrust · becrust · crust · distrust · encrust · entrust · frust · incrust · intrust · mistrust · out-thrust · overthrust · piecrust · rust · thrust · unitrust · untrust · upper-crust · upthrust

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TRUST

trussing · trust account · trust company · trust corporation · trust deed · trust fund · trust hospital · trust hotel · trust tavern · trust territory · Trust Territory of New Guinea · trustability · trustable · trustafarian · trustbuster · trustbusting · trusted · trustee · trustee account · trustee in bankruptcy

WORDS THAT END LIKE TRUST

abdominal thrust · black rust · blind trust · blister rust · brain trust · brains trust · breach of trust · charitable trust · Civic Trust · closed-end trust · continental crust · cut and thrust · discretionary trust · Historic Places Trust · investment trust · National Trust · squat thrust · unit trust · upper crust · wheat rust

Synonyms and antonyms of trust in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «TRUST»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «trust» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «trust» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF TRUST

Find out the translation of trust to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of trust from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «trust» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

信任
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

confianza
570 millions of speakers
en

English

trust
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

विश्वास
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ثِقَة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

доверие
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

confiança
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

আস্থা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

confiance
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Amanah
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Vertrauen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

信頼
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

신뢰
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

percoyo
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lòng tin
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

நம்பிக்கை
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

विश्वास
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

güven
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

fiducia
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

zaufanie
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

довіра
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

încredere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εμπιστοσύνη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

trust
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förtroende
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tillit
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of trust

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TRUST»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of trust
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «trust».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about trust

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «TRUST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word trust.
1
Tony Abbott
I understand that government should live within its means, value the money it holds in trust from you the taxpayer, avoid waste and, above all else, observe the first maxim of good government: namely, do no avoidable harm.
2
Banksy
There's obviously nothing wrong with selling your art - only an idiot with a trust fund would tell you otherwise. But it's confusing to know how far you should take it.
3
Daniel Barenboim
Now the first step has to be taken, the step towards democracy. This step is full of risks, and requires trust on all sides. We don't know where it will lead. But if we just stand still, we will have no chance of escaping the violence.
4
Joyce Brothers
The best proof of love is trust.
5
Joyce Brothers
Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.
6
Brene Brown
Live-tweeting your bikini wax is not vulnerability. Nor is posting a blow-by-blow of your divorce . That's an attempt to hot-wire connection. But you can't cheat real connection. It's built up slowly. It's about trust and time.
7
Robert Caro
Every president has to live with the result of what Lyndon Johnson did with Vietnam, when he lost the trust of the American people in the presidency.
8
Norm Coleman
Our cattlemen have given us the safest, most abundant, most affordable beef supply in the world and I trust their judgment. And if you look at consumer confidence in this country, so does the American public.
9
Charles Colson
Deep Throat is a guy who could have your files and mine in his trust.
10
Mike Conaway
People don't trust the federal government as it relates to health care.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRUST»

Discover the use of trust in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to trust and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything
Explains how trust is a key catalyst for personal and organizational success in the twenty-first century, in a guide for businesspeople that demonstrates how to inspire trust while overcoming bureaucratic obstacles.
‎2008
2
Smart Trust: Creating Prosperity, Energy, and Joy in a ...
This sea-changing book will forever shift your perspective as it reveals and validates, once and for all, the transformational power of trust.
Stephen M.R. Covey, Greg Link, 2012
3
Trust: Human Nature and the Reconstitution of Social Order
In Trust, a penetrating assessment of the emerging global economic order "after History," he explains the social principles of economic life and tells us what we need to know to win the coming struggle for world dominance.
Francis Fukuyama, 1996
4
Trust: Reason, Routine, Reflexivity
The author presents what he believes to be the most important approaches to understanding trust in the social sciences as well as core original insights into the leap of faith as the essential element at the heart of trust.
Guido Möllering, 2006
5
Broken Trust: Greed, Mismanagement, And Political ...
Entitled "Broken Trust," the statement provided devastating details of rigged appointments, violated trusts, cynical manipulation of the trust's beneficiaries, and the shameful involvement of many of Hawai'i's powerful.
Samuel P. King, Randall W. Roth, 2006
6
Trust
Brad takes Justin home. Passion long held back ignites and they cannot resist being in each other's arms. But someone still wants to tear them apart and Justin may never be able to trust Brad again.
Shawn Lane, 2009
7
Trust
Trust binds us to another with an intoxicating energy; it is brave, giddy, joyous, and lustful. A sudden attraction careens into sexual surrender, and trust becomes unconditional. Trust laughs at danger and leaps into the unknown.
Alphonso Lingis, 2004
8
Trust: The Evolutionary Game of Mind and Society
This book is written around the central message that collectivist societies produce security, but destroy trust.
Toshio Yamagishi, 2011
9
Daring to Trust: Opening Ourselves to Real Love and Intimacy
Daring to Trust offers key insights and practical exercises for exploring and addressing our trust issues in relationships.
David Richo, 2011
10
Breach of Trust
To fill the gap, this book, written by a team of leading trust lawyers from a number of common law jurisdictions, investigates all the principal aspects of the subject.
Peter Birks, Arianna Pretto, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRUST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term trust is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Senate Passes Patch for Highway Trust Fund
The Senate on Thursday passed a pair of measures: one to authorize the Highway Trust Fund for six years with three years of funding and a second, ... «U.S. News & World Report, Jul 15»
2
Australia's Gina Rinehart loses control of family trust to daughter
The New South Wales Supreme Court gave Bianca Rinehart control of the trust. It was set up by her grandfather and is worth more than A$4bn ($3.1bn; £2bn). «BBC News, May 15»
3
Congress, it's time to really fix the Highway Trust Fund
Congress is — again — planning to pass a temporary extension for the Highway Trust Fund, which uses the federal gas tax to pay for road, bridge and public ... «Los Angeles Times, May 15»
4
Kevin Pietersen: Andrew Strauss cites 'trust issue' for England exile
But over months and years, trust has eroded between Kevin Pietersen and the ECB. ... "While there is no trust between Kevin and the ECB, it is our opinion he ... «BBC Sport, May 15»
5
Clandon Park, National Trust's Palladian jewel, is burnt to a charred …
National Trust staff and volunteers worked frantically to salvage the contents before fire chiefs ordered everyone off the premises yesterday morning. «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
6
Trussel Trust food bank admits its million users a year claim was false
In the announcement of its food bank users, the Trussell Trust – which has 445 food banks run in its name – declared that 'more than one million people ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
7
Morecambe Bay Trust inquiry: Bereaved families braced for delayed …
On Tuesday a long-awaited investigation into the trust is expected to name staff whose actions contributed to the deaths of mothers and babies and the severe ... «The Independent, Mar 15»
8
James Hahn wins in playoff at Riviera
LOS ANGELES -- Surrounded by stars in the city and on the golf course, James Hahn turned in the performance of his life Sunday at the Northern Trust Open. «ESPN, Feb 15»
9
Northern Trust Open: Retief Goosen leads heading into final round
Retief Goosen will take a two-shot lead into Sunday's final round of the Northern Trust Open at Riviera Country Club. The 46-year old Goosen, seeking his first ... «Los Angeles Times, Feb 15»
10
Trust In Business, Media And NGOs Is Going Down Everywhere
All of the bad news knocked down the public's trust in major institutions, according to the yearly “Trust Barometer” survey released today by Edelman, the giant ... «Forbes, Jan 15»
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