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trusted
To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or have faith, in.
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 7
- Starts with
- T
- Ends with
- D
- Contains
- RUSTE
- Scrabble score
- 8
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
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verb
To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or have faith, in.
“We cannot trust anyone who deceives us.”
To give credence to; to believe; to credit.
To hope confidently; to believe (usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object)
“I trust you have cleaned your room?”
To show confidence in a person by entrusting them with something.
To commit, as to one's care; to entrust.
To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment.
“Merchants and manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods.”
(followed by to) To rely on (something), as though having trust (on it).
“Having lost the book, he had to trust to his memory for further details.”
To risk; to venture confidently.
To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.
To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit.
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We cannot trust anyone who deceives us.
I trust you have cleaned your room?
Merchants and manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods.
Having lost the book, he had to trust to his memory for further details.
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