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TRUST

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others

Example:

the experience destroyed his trust and personal dignity

Synonyms:

trust; trustfulness; trustingness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("trust" is a kind of...):

trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trust"):

credulity (tendency to believe readily)

Antonym:

distrust (the trait of not trusting others)

Derivation:

trust (confer a trust upon)

trusty (worthy of trust or belief)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Certainty based on past experience

Example:

he put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun

Synonyms:

reliance; trust

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("trust" is a kind of...):

certainty (the state of being certain)

Derivation:

trust (be confident about something)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Complete confidence in a person or plan etc

Example:

the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust

Synonyms:

faith; trust

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("trust" is a kind of...):

belief (any cognitive content held as true)

Derivation:

trust (have confidence or faith in)

trusty (worthy of trust or belief)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service

Example:

they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly

Synonyms:

cartel; combine; corporate trust; trust

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("trust" is a kind of...):

consortium; pool; syndicate (an association of companies for some definite purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trust"):

drug cartel (an illicit cartel formed to control the production and distribution of narcotic drugs)

oil cartel (a cartel of companies or nations formed to control the production and distribution of oil)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)

Example:

he is the beneficiary of a generous trust set up by his father

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("trust" is a kind of...):

belongings; holding; property (something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trust"):

voting trust (an agreement whereby persons owning stock with voting powers retain ownership while transferring the voting rights to the trustees)

savings account trust; savings bank trust; Totten trust; trust account; trustee account (a savings account deposited by someone who makes themselves the trustee for a beneficiary and who controls it during their lifetime; afterward the balance is payable to the previously named beneficiary)

testamentary trust (a trust that is created under a will and that becomes active after the grantor dies)

spendthrift trust (a trust created to maintain a beneficiary but to be secure against the beneficiary's improvidence)

inter vivos trust; living trust (a trust created and operating during the grantor's lifetime)

discretionary trust (a trust that gives the trustee discretion to pay the beneficiary as much of the trust income as the trustee believes appropriate)

direct trust; express trust (a trust created by the free and deliberate act of the parties involved (usually on the basis of written documentation))

implied trust (a trust inferred by operation of law)

Clifford trust; grantor trust (a trust established to shift the income to someone who is taxed at a lower rate than the grantor for a period of 10 years or more)

charitable trust; public trust (a trust created for charitable or religious or educational or scientific purposes)

passive trust (a trust in which the trustee performs no active duties)

blind trust (a trust that enables a person to avoid possible conflict of interest by transferring assets to a fiduciary; the person establishing the trust gives up the right to information about the assets)

active trust (a trust in which the trustee must perform certain duties)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A trustful relationship

Example:

he betrayed their trust

Synonyms:

confidence; trust

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("trust" is a kind of...):

friendly relationship; friendship (the state of being friends (or friendly))

Derivation:

trust (confer a trust upon)

trusty (worthy of trust or belief)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Have confidence or faith in

Example:

We can trust in our government

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "trust" is one way to...):

believe (accept as true; take to be true)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "trust"):

credit (have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of)

lean (rely on for support)

bank; bet; calculate; count; depend; look; reckon; rely; swear (have faith or confidence in)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

Sam cannot trust Sue

Antonym:

mistrust; distrust (regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in)

Derivation:

trust (complete confidence in a person or plan etc)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be confident about something

Example:

I believe that he will come back from the war

Synonyms:

believe; trust

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "trust" is one way to...):

anticipate; expect (regard something as probable or likely)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

trust (certainty based on past experience)

truster (a supporter who accepts something as true)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Expect and wish

Example:

I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise

Synonyms:

desire; hope; trust

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "trust" is one way to...):

wish (hope for; have a wish)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sense 4

Meaning:

(chiefly archaic) extend credit to

Example:

don't trust my ex-wife; I won't pay her debts anymore

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "trust" is one way to...):

lend; loan (give temporarily; let have for a limited time)

Domain category:

commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))

Domain usage:

archaicism; archaism (the use of an archaic expression)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 5

Meaning:

Confer a trust upon

Example:

I commit my soul to God

Synonyms:

commit; confide; entrust; intrust; trust

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "trust" is one way to...):

give; hand; pass; pass on; reach; turn over (place into the hands or custody of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "trust"):

commend (give to in charge)

charge; consign (give over to another for care or safekeeping)

recommit (commit again)

obligate (commit in order to fulfill an obligation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

trust (the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others)

trust (a trustful relationship)

trustee (members of a governing board)

trustee (a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Allow without fear

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "trust" is one way to...):

allow; countenance; let; permit (consent to, give permission)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

Sentence example:

They trust him to write the letter

Credits

 Context examples: 

She did not feel that she could trust him, and she could not look at him nor think of him without an inward shudder.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

"Very well," said the Queen, "we trust you. But what shall we do?"

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Your kind offices will set all right: he is the only man I ever did or could love, and I trust you will convince him of it.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Remember, my friend, that knowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weaker.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“You would have done better to have trusted your wife.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Why had I trusted myself within reach of those terrible arms?

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I give you entire liberty, but I trust you to make an honest use of it.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

If you will treat me as a friend and trust me, you may find that I will justify your trust.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“There is God to trust in!” she replied.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I would not trust you so near it as Eastbourne for fifty pounds!

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)