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{ "term": "trust", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "b2", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "the belief that somebody/something is good, sincere, honest, etc. and will not try to harm or trick you", "sensetop": "trust in somebody/somethingtrust between somebody and somebody", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Our partnership is **based on trust**." }, { "text": "This is a relationship **built on** mutual **trust**." }, { "text": "It has taken years to **earn their trust**." }, { "text": "We worked hard to gain the trust of local people." }, { "text": "Talking openly with your team helps to **build trust**." }, { "text": "Her trust in him was unfounded.", "contextForm": "trust in somebody/something" }, { "text": "If you **put your trust in** me, I will not let you down." }, { "text": "I want to thank all those people who have **placed their trust in** me." }, { "text": "She will not **betray your trust** *(= do something that you have asked her not to do)*." }, { "text": "He was appointed to a **position of trust** *(= a job involving a lot of responsibility, because people trust him)*." }, { "text": "This is a serious **breach of trust**." }, { "text": "The company has to earn the **trust and confidence** of consumers again." }, { "text": "There is a **lack of trust** between the two countries.", "contextForm": "trust between somebody and somebody" }, { "text": "They had little trust for outsiders." }, { "text": "We need to restore public trust." }, { "text": "I will do all I can do to deserve your trust." }, { "text": "It's good that you kept her trust." }, { "text": "The President needs to rebuild his personal trust with the electorate." }, { "text": "Does the plan have the trust and cooperation of the workers?" }, { "text": "They have placed great trust in him as a negotiator." }, { "text": "This girl does not exactly inspire trust." }, { "text": "This requires a certain level of trust among the community's members." }, { "text": "We have absolute trust in the teachers." }, { "text": "efforts to promote mutual trust between nations" }, { "text": "the fragile trust that existed between them" } ], "topics": ["Personal qualities"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["great", "absolute", "complete"], "verb + trust": ["have", "place", "put"], "trust + verb": ["exist"], "preposition": ["trust among", "trust between", "trust for"], "phrases": [ "a breach of trust", "a lack of trust", "a position of trust" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "the belief that something is true or correct or that you can rely on it", "sensetop": "trust (in something)", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "We place so much trust in computers that it gets a little scary." }, { "text": "Voters need to have trust in the voting system." }, { "text": "**Public trust** in science is harmed by inaccurate journalism." }, { "text": "If I were you, I would not place too much trust in their findings." }, { "text": "a campaign to build consumer trust in the quality of dairy products" }, { "text": "They followed the instructions in blind trust that all would turn out well." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "an arrangement by which an organization or a group of people has legal control of money or property that has been given to somebody, usually until that person reaches a particular age; an amount of money or property that is controlled in this way", "labels": "(law)", "examples": [ { "text": "He **set up a trust** for his children." }, { "text": "The money will be **held in trust** until she is 18." }, { "text": "Our fees depend on the value of the trust." }, { "text": "His father put the money in trust for him until he was 21." }, { "text": "a publicly traded real estate investment trust" } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["offshore", "investment", "unit"], "verb + trust": [ "hold something in", "hold something on", "keep something in" ], "trust + noun": ["account", "assets", "fund"], "preposition": ["in trust", "trust for"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "an organization or a group of people that invests money that is given or lent to it and uses the profits to help a charity", "labels": "(law)", "examples": [ { "text": "a charitable trust" }, { "text": "They ran the trust as a non-profit making concern." }, { "text": "The trust owns the land and the buildings." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["independent", "charitable", "non-profit"], "verb + trust": ["manage", "run"], "trust + verb": ["own", "manage", "run"], "preposition": ["trust for"] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "a group of companies that work together illegally to reduce competition, control prices, etc.", "labels": "(especially North American English, business)", "examples": [ { "text": "anti-trust laws" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "being taken care of by somebody", "examples": [ { "text": "The family pet was left in the trust of a neighbour." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to believe what somebody says even though you do not have any proof or evidence to show that it is true", "examples": [] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/trʌst/", "audio": "tr/trust/trust__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/trʌst/", "audio": "tr/trust/trust__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old Norse traust, from traustr ‘strong’; the verb from Old Norse treysta, assimilated to the noun." }