trust

v. to believe that someone is honest, good, and will not harm you.

v. to place confidence in the reliability, truth, or ability of someone or something.

“You can trust her with your secrets because she never tells anyone.”

“After years of working together, the partners had learned to trust each other's instincts during difficult negotiations.”

v. to hope or expect that something is true or will happen.

v. to believe or hope with a degree of confidence; often introduces a clause.

“I trust that you had a safe journey home last night.”

“The director wrote to the shareholders, stating he trusted the new strategy would yield results by the third quarter.”

Formal

n. the belief that you can rely on someone or something.

n. a firm belief in the reliability, truth, or ability of someone or something; an uncountable abstract noun in this sense.

“It takes a long time to build trust in a new relationship.”

“The scandal severely damaged the public's trust in the local government's ability to manage the budget.”

n. a legal way to hold money or property for someone else, like a child.

n. a fiduciary arrangement where a third party holds assets on behalf of a beneficiary.

“Her grandparents put money in a trust for her university education.”

“The estate was held in a discretionary trust to ensure the assets were protected for future generations.”

Technical

n. a large group of companies that work together to control a market.

n. a large-scale business combination or monopoly formed to restrict competition.

“The government introduced new laws to break up the oil trust.”

“Nineteenth-century legislators struggled to regulate the powerful steel trusts that dominated the national economy.”

Academic

n. a setting that allows a computer or user to access a system.

n. the degree to which a system or component is allowed to access resources based on verified identity.

“The administrator had to establish a trust between the two servers.”

“Zero-trust architecture requires every user to be authenticated before gaining access to the private network.”

Technical

interj. a short way to say 'believe me' or 'I am telling the truth'.

interj. an elliptical form of 'trust me', used for emphasis or to assert the truth of a statement.

“That movie is the best one I have seen all year, trust.”

“You don't want to go to that part of town after dark, trust; it's not as safe as it looks.”

Slang · Informal