"entrust" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈtɹʌst/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-entrust.wav [Southern-England] Forms: entrusts [present, singular, third-person], entrusting [participle, present], entrusted [participle, past], entrusted [past]
Rhymes: -ʌst Etymology: en- + trust Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|en|trust}} en- + trust Head templates: {{en-verb}} entrust (third-person singular simple present entrusts, present participle entrusting, simple past and past participle entrusted)
  1. (transitive) To trust to the care of. Tags: transitive Synonyms: intrust Derived forms: re-entrust Translations (To trust to the care of): ἐπιτρέπω (epitrépō) (Ancient Greek), поверявам (poverjavam) (Bulgarian), confiar (Catalan), سپاردن (spardin) (Central Kurdish), betro (Danish), toevertrouwen (Dutch), konfidi (Esperanto), alkonfidi (Esperanto), antaa huostaan (Finnish), antaa hoidettavaksi (Finnish), antaa tehtäväksi (Finnish), confier (French), anvertrauen (German), 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 (galaubjan) (Gothic), bíz (Hungarian), megbíz (Hungarian), konfidar (Ido), mempercayakan (english: to entrust someone to do something) (Indonesian), menitip (english: to leave something to somebody) (Indonesian), cuir in iontaoibh (Irish), lig ar iontaoibh le (Irish), confidare (Italian), commendō (Latin), uzticēt (Latvian), recomaunden (Middle English), comaunden (Middle English), recommenden (Middle English), ad·noí (Old Irish), اینانمق (inanmak) (Ottoman Turkish), powierzyć (Polish), confiar (Portuguese), доверя́ть (doverjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), дове́рить (dovéritʹ) [perfective] (Russian), encomendar (Spanish), confiar (Spanish), anförtro (Swedish), ombetro (Swedish), betro (Swedish), förtro (Swedish), ఒప్పగించు (oppagiñcu) (Telugu), emanet etmek (Turkish), довіря́ти (dovirjáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), дові́рити (dovíryty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)

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          "sense": "To trust to the care of",
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          "sense": "To trust to the care of",
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          "sense": "To trust to the care of",
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          "word": "alkonfidi"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To trust to the care of",
          "word": "antaa huostaan"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To trust to the care of",
          "word": "antaa hoidettavaksi"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To trust to the care of",
          "word": "antaa tehtäväksi"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "To trust to the care of",
          "word": "confier"
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          "sense": "To trust to the care of",
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          "sense": "To trust to the care of",
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          "sense": "To trust to the care of",
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "To trust to the care of",
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "To trust to the care of",
          "word": "konfidar"
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          "sense": "To trust to the care of",
          "word": "mempercayakan"
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          "sense": "To trust to the care of",
          "word": "menitip"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "To trust to the care of",
          "word": "cuir in iontaoibh"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "To trust to the care of",
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          "sense": "To trust to the care of",
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          "sense": "To trust to the care of",
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          "sense": "To trust to the care of",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "To trust to the care of",
          "word": "powierzyć"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "To trust to the care of",
          "word": "confiar"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To trust to the care of",
          "word": "encomendar"
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        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To trust to the care of",
          "word": "confiar"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "To trust to the care of",
          "word": "anförtro"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "To trust to the care of",
          "word": "ombetro"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "To trust to the care of",
          "word": "betro"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "To trust to the care of",
          "word": "förtro"
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          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "oppagiñcu",
          "sense": "To trust to the care of",
          "word": "ఒప్పగించు"
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          "sense": "To trust to the care of",
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      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
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      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
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      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
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      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
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      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
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      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
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      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
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      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
      "word": "bíz"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
      "word": "megbíz"
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    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
      "word": "konfidar"
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      "code": "id",
      "english": "to entrust someone to do something",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
      "word": "mempercayakan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "english": "to leave something to somebody",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
      "word": "menitip"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
      "word": "cuir in iontaoibh"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
      "word": "lig ar iontaoibh le"
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      "code": "sga",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
      "word": "ad·noí"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
      "word": "confidare"
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      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "spardin",
      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
      "word": "سپاردن"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
      "word": "commendō"
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      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
      "word": "uzticēt"
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      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
      "word": "recomaunden"
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      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
      "word": "comaunden"
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      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
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      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
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      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
      "word": "powierzyć"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
      "word": "confiar"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "doverjátʹ",
      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "доверя́ть"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dovéritʹ",
      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
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      "word": "дове́рить"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
      "word": "encomendar"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
      "word": "confiar"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
      "word": "anförtro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
      "word": "ombetro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
      "word": "betro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
      "word": "förtro"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "oppagiñcu",
      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
      "word": "ఒప్పగించు"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
      "word": "emanet etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dovirjáty",
      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "довіря́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dovíryty",
      "sense": "To trust to the care of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "дові́рити"
    }
  ],
  "word": "entrust"
}

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