{
    "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."
}