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over-trusting

o·ver-trust·ing
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [oh-ver truhs-ting]
    • /ˈoʊ vər ˈtrʌs tɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [oh-ver truhs-ting]
    • /ˈoʊ vər ˈtrʌs tɪŋ/

Definitions of over-trusting word

  • noun over-trusting reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence. 1
  • noun over-trusting confident expectation of something; hope. 1
  • noun over-trusting confidence in the certainty of future payment for property or goods received; credit: to sell merchandise on trust. 1
  • noun over-trusting a person on whom or thing on which one relies: God is my trust. 1
  • noun over-trusting the condition of one to whom something has been entrusted. 1
  • noun over-trusting the obligation or responsibility imposed on a person in whom confidence or authority is placed: a position of trust. 1
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Origin of over-trusting

First appearance:

before 1175
One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; (noun) Middle English < Old Norse traust trust (cognate with German Trost comfort); (v.) Middle English trusten < Old Norse treysta, derivative of traust

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Parts of speech for Over-trusting

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Over-trusting

over-trusting popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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