Trust
noun
Belief in the reliability, truth, or ability of someone or something.
I put my trust in you
Often appears as...
- put one's trust in
- break someone's trust
verb
Believe in the reliability, truth, or ability of.
I trust you will behave better next time
Often appears as...
- trust in someone
- trust something to someone
noun
The confident expectation of something.
Trust is an essential part of any relationship
Often appears as...
- essential trust
- trust in a relationship
noun
An arrangement whereby a person (a trustee) holds property as its nominal owner for the good of one or more beneficiaries.
A trust was established for the children's education
Often appears as...
- establish a trust
- trust fund
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Formal
Legal
noun
A large company that has or attempts to gain monopolistic control of a market.
A trust company
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- trust company
- trust monopoly
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Business
noun
Belief in the reliability, truth, or ability of someone or something.
I put my trust in you
Often appears as...
- put one's trust in
- break someone's trust
verb
Believe in the reliability, truth, or ability of.
I trust you will behave better next time
Often appears as...
- trust in someone
- trust something to someone
noun
The confident expectation of something.
Trust is an essential part of any relationship
Often appears as...
- essential trust
- trust in a relationship
noun
An arrangement whereby a person (a trustee) holds property as its nominal owner for the good of one or more beneficiaries.
A trust was established for the children's education
Often appears as...
- establish a trust
- trust fund
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
noun
A large company that has or attempts to gain monopolistic control of a market.
A trust company
Often appears as...
- trust company
- trust monopoly
Usage tips
Business
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Weight
The word 'trust' often carries deep emotional significance, implying a personal bond.
After years of friendship, my trust in her is unshakable.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Instant
'Trust' is usually something that is built over time and not given immediately.
He earned my trust after we worked together on several projects.
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Weight
The word 'trust' often carries deep emotional significance, implying a personal bond.
After years of friendship, my trust in her is unshakable.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Instant
'Trust' is usually something that is built over time and not given immediately.
He earned my trust after we worked together on several projects.
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Weight
The word 'trust' often carries deep emotional significance, implying a personal bond.
After years of friendship, my trust in her is unshakable.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Instant
'Trust' is usually something that is built over time and not given immediately.
He earned my trust after we worked together on several projects.
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Rethinking infidelity...
He needs to become, for a while, the protector of the boundaries. It's his responsibility to bring it up, because if he thinks about it, he can relieve Heather from the obsession, and from having to make sure that the affair isn't forgotten, and that in itself begins to restore trust.
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How playing sports...
Some of the most significant are psychological benefits, both in the short and long term. Some of those come from the communal experience of being on a team, for instance, learning to trust and depend on others, to accept help, to give help, and to work together towards a common goal.
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Question the Herd PIPE...
their gut or with a group you're gonna go with the group yeah although not all of the test subjects at the end of the line fell for it I think it's C in spite of what everybody else thinks you don't trust the wisdom of the crowd uh I'm trusting my gut okay to be perfectly
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What game theory teaches...
no longer trust us because we're no longer predictable and it's fantastic for our enemies because they can exploit it ideally what we do is we run all decisions through our values first and though it may not always go our way just like I said we make decisions all
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Plato’s best (and worst)...
and the greater truth behind it is one of philosophy's most vexing problems. It's been the subject of thousands of pages by theologians, philosophers, and screenwriters alike. It raises questions like should we trust our senses to come to the truth
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Can you solve the temple...
At any time, one or both of them might lie, though they also might tell the truth. You know for sure that the curse didn't get you, but you don't know which students can't be trusted, and because the possessed students may lie only occasionally,
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Pamela Ronald: The case...
is no more risky than older methods of genetic modification. These are precisely the same organizations that most of us trust when it comes to other important scientific issues such as global climate change or the safety of vaccines.
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Can you solve the pirate...
But being pirates, none of them trust each other, so they can't collaborate in advance. And being blood-thirsty pirates, if anyone thinks they'll end up with the same amount of gold either way,
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Hair-Raising Hyena...
coming from we'll kill the sound as soon as we see them okay i trust you i think i'm in your hands so let's do this let's do this awesome let's go i'm excited and a little bit afraid right now
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Let's talk about sex -...
Let's talk about the facts of life. You remember that conversation you had when you were a kid about sex or drugs with your parents or some trusted adult? Probably not because it's a myth.
Video examples
Rethinking infidelity...
He needs to become, for a while, the protector of the boundaries. It's his responsibility to bring it up, because if he thinks about it, he can relieve Heather from the obsession, and from having to make sure that the affair isn't forgotten, and that in itself begins to restore trust.
Video examples
How playing sports...
Some of the most significant are psychological benefits, both in the short and long term. Some of those come from the communal experience of being on a team, for instance, learning to trust and depend on others, to accept help, to give help, and to work together towards a common goal.
Video examples
Question the Herd PIPE...
their gut or with a group you're gonna go with the group yeah although not all of the test subjects at the end of the line fell for it I think it's C in spite of what everybody else thinks you don't trust the wisdom of the crowd uh I'm trusting my gut okay to be perfectly
Video examples
What game theory teaches...
no longer trust us because we're no longer predictable and it's fantastic for our enemies because they can exploit it ideally what we do is we run all decisions through our values first and though it may not always go our way just like I said we make decisions all
Video examples
Plato’s best (and worst)...
and the greater truth behind it is one of philosophy's most vexing problems. It's been the subject of thousands of pages by theologians, philosophers, and screenwriters alike. It raises questions like should we trust our senses to come to the truth
Video examples
Can you solve the temple...
At any time, one or both of them might lie, though they also might tell the truth. You know for sure that the curse didn't get you, but you don't know which students can't be trusted, and because the possessed students may lie only occasionally,
Video examples
Pamela Ronald: The case...
is no more risky than older methods of genetic modification. These are precisely the same organizations that most of us trust when it comes to other important scientific issues such as global climate change or the safety of vaccines.
Video examples
Can you solve the pirate...
But being pirates, none of them trust each other, so they can't collaborate in advance. And being blood-thirsty pirates, if anyone thinks they'll end up with the same amount of gold either way,
Video examples
Hair-Raising Hyena...
coming from we'll kill the sound as soon as we see them okay i trust you i think i'm in your hands so let's do this let's do this awesome let's go i'm excited and a little bit afraid right now
Video examples
Let's talk about sex -...
Let's talk about the facts of life. You remember that conversation you had when you were a kid about sex or drugs with your parents or some trusted adult? Probably not because it's a myth.
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Lady Gaga
American Singer
It's hard knowing who to trust with your personal life. When you cry in your room at night, you don't always know who to call. So I am very close to my family.
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Billie Eilish
American Singer
Writing a song is so personal. You have to have trust in someone you're working with; otherwise, you're not gonna come out with something that's really you.
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Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
I know it when I don't know it. Sometimes I know it when I don't think I know it. I need to trust myself in these moments, these rare moments of self-doubt.
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Ulysses S. Grant
American President
I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after other people gave him up, but I don't see how I can ever trust any human being again.
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Selena Gomez
American Actress
If you have three people in your life that you can trust, you can consider yourself the luckiest person in the whole world.
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Booker T. Washington
American Educator
Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.
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Albert Einstein
German Physicist
Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.
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Anton Chekhov
Russian Dramatist
You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
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Tiger Woods
American Golfer
I will have to earn trust and respect from my kids.
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Zig Ziglar
American Author
Only men of character are trusted.
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Lady Gaga
American Singer
It's hard knowing who to trust with your personal life. When you cry in your room at night, you don't always know who to call. So I am very close to my family.
Quote examples
Billie Eilish
American Singer
Writing a song is so personal. You have to have trust in someone you're working with; otherwise, you're not gonna come out with something that's really you.
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Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
I know it when I don't know it. Sometimes I know it when I don't think I know it. I need to trust myself in these moments, these rare moments of self-doubt.
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Ulysses S. Grant
American President
I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after other people gave him up, but I don't see how I can ever trust any human being again.
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Selena Gomez
American Actress
If you have three people in your life that you can trust, you can consider yourself the luckiest person in the whole world.
Quote examples
Booker T. Washington
American Educator
Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.
Quote examples
Albert Einstein
German Physicist
Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.
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Anton Chekhov
Russian Dramatist
You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
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Tiger Woods
American Golfer
I will have to earn trust and respect from my kids.
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Zig Ziglar
American Author
Only men of character are trusted.
Example 1 of 10
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