Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

entrust

/ɪnˈtɹʌst/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English

Syllables: en-trust
IPA: /ɪnˈtɹʌst/

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To trust to the care of.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Can I entrust you with a secret?"
"He entrusted me his daughter."
"He entrusts that task to her."
"The study of the main body of Hittite texts was intrusted^([sic]) to the Austrian scholar Hrozny, who in 1915 published a preliminary account of his results[…]"
"The first step toward finding a way out of this place begins when we take a flamethrower to Newt Gingrich cum Alvin Toffler style laissez-faire futurism, which entrusts our collective fate to the tender mercies of the marketplace, or New Age cyberbole that would have us pin our hopes to a millennial blastoff."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English trust English entrust From en- + trust.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

entrusts (present, singular) entrusting (participle, present) entrusted (participle, past) entrusted (past) intrust (alternative)

Derived Forms

entrustee entrustment

Phrases

re-entrust

Synonyms

commend commit consign intrust trust confide leave

Rhymes With

just must trust discussed dust adjust bust robust thrust rust lust crust

Questions

How do you pronounce entrust?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnˈtɹʌst/.
What does entrust mean?: To trust to the care of.
Where does entrust come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English trust English entrust From en- + trust.

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