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Definitions: Entrust |
EntrustVerb1. To confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God". 2. Put into the care or protection of someone; "He left the decision to his deputy"; "leave your child the nurse's care". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "entrust" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
Synonyms: EntrustSynonyms: commit (v), confide (v), intrust (v), leave (v), trust (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Commission | Verb: commission, delegate, depute; consign, assign; charge; intrust, entrust; commit, commit to the hands of; authorize; (permit). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Entrust |
| English words defined with "entrust": confiding. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "entrust": Sobrino ♦ Walking Stick. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | God? Who said you'd be God? What impertinence! We are humans. We were created to be terminal interfaces of God. It is the same for you, who were once humans. Man cannot become God. We can only entrust ourselves to God. (Xenogears; writing credit: Masato Kato; Tetsuya Takahashi) She's precious, and I entrust her to you. (Exorcist II: The Heretic; writing credit: William Goodhart) | |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Subject to and in accordance with the provisions of international conventions existing or hereafter to be agreed upon, the Members of the League: (a) will endeavour to secure and maintain fair and humane conditions of labour for men, women, and children, both in their own countries and in all countries to which their commercial and industrial relations extend, and for that purpose will establish and maintain the necessary international organisations; (b) undertake to secure just treatment of the native inhabitants of territories under their control; (c) will entrust the League with the general supervision over the execution of agreements with regard to the traffic in women and children, and the traffic in opium and other dangerous drugs; (d) will entrust the League with the general supervision of the trade in arms and ammunition with the countries in which the control of this traffic is necessary in the common interest; (e) will make provision to secure and maintain freedom of communications and of transit and equitable treatment for the commerce of all Members of the League. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | It would nevertheless be wrong and imprudent to entrust the secret knowledge or experience of the atomic bomb, which the United States, Great Britain, and Canada now share, to the world organization, while it is still in its infancy. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | On leaving the convent, he took in his own hands, and would not entrust to any assistant, the little box, the key of which he always had about him. |
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Business | Foreign Certification Authority (CA) service providers and PKI vendors try to enter the market such as VeriSign (U.S.), Baltimore (Ireland), Entrust Technologies (Canada), Sonera Smart Trust (Finnland), RSA Laboratories (US). From time to time there are tenders (to test the market and prices) issued by telecom companies (MATAV), banks (GIRO, OTP) and the government but in most of the cases, the tenders are declared unsuccessful. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Russia | Duma Speaker Gennadiy Seleznev, former President of Ingushetiya Ruslan Aushev, and human rights NGO's concerned with IDP's criticized the plan, charging that the Interior Ministry could not address adequately the needs of internal refugees, and that it was inappropriate to entrust law enforcement organs with humanitarian programs for internal refugees. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | For history does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. |
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| "Entrust" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 75.76% of the time. "Entrust" is used about 66 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 75.76% | 50 | 48,117 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 22.73% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Noun (singular) | 1.52% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 66 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Entrust Technologies Incorporated |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "entrust": entrust oneself ♦ entrust smb. with smth. ♦ entrust smth. to smb.. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
entrust | 56 |
entrust mortgage | 18 |
credit entrust federal union | 15 |
entrust technology | 7 |
entrust pki recruitment | 6 |
administration entrust | 6 |
entrust inc | 5 |
entrust capital | 3 |
entrust solo | 2 |
credit entrust union | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "entrust"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | vertrouwe stel in (confide, have, have confidence in, have faith, have faith in, trust), aanbetrou (confide, have confidence in, trust). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i lë në dorëzim (intrust), besoj (accredit, believe, calculate, commit, confide, consign, credit, guess, hold, intrust, rely, Trow, trust, understand, ween). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فوض (accredit, authorise, authorize, commission, delegate, deputize, empower), ودع (check, commend, commit, consign, keep, keeping, let, let go, lodge, part from, pay, see off, send off, store), عهد به إلى, أتمن (trust). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | възлагам (allocate, allot, apportion, assign, commission, depute, detail, endue, indue, put on, rest, set), предавам на грижите на, поверявам (bequeath, commend, commit, confide, consign, disembosom, intrust, recommend, unbosom, whisper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 託 , 托付 , "託 (trust), "托 (Bailed, Bailing, intrust, Intrusted, Intrusting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | svìřit (commit, consign, leave, refer, vest), povìřit (accredit, authorize, commission). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Domstolen kan efter eget valg betro enkeltpersoner,grupper,bureauer,kommissioner eller organer den opgave at foretage en sagkyndig undersoegelse (authority, body, committe or other organisation it chooses with the task of holding an inquiry or giving an expert opinion, the Court may entrust any individual). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | opdragen (celebrate, dedicate, devote, tell, to prime), opdracht geven (tell), belasten met (tell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | konfidi (confide, have confidence in, trust), komisii (tell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | líta til (confide, have confidence in, trust), líta á (confide, have confidence in, have faith, have faith in, trust), lata (allow, cause, dedicate, deliver, devote, furnish, get, leave, let, make, release, supply, tell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | واگذارکردن (Abandon, Abdicate, Admit, Assign, Cede, Concede, Give, Relegate, Remise, Surrender, Title, Transfer, Vest, Yield), سپردن (Award, Commit, Confide, Consign, Depute, Reposit, Surrender), بامانت سپردن (Bail). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | luottaa (confide, count upon, depend upon, have confidence in, have faith, have faith in, rely on, trust), antaa tehtäväksi (tell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | confier, charger. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | fertrouwe (confide, have confidence in, have faith, have faith in, trust). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | anvertrauen (commit, confide, intrust, to confide, to entrust, to intrust), betrauen (give task, tell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εμπιστεύομαι (commit, confide, consign, intrust, repose, trust, vasty, vest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לפקו" (appoint, command, muster, order, punish, recall, remember, review, visit), ל"פקי" (appoint, deposit, set). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | megbíz (charge, commission, delegate, intrust, to commission, to delegate, to entrust, to mandate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | menitipkan (deposit, to place in safe-keeping), mengamanatkan (commit, dedicate, instruct), mempercayakan (rely). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | confidare (confide, confide in, intrust, rely, rely on, trust, unbosom), affidare (commit, confide, consign, grant, intrust, leave, rely on, remit, to rely). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | "託 (commit, consignto a firm)). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | いたく (commit, consignto a firm), dependence, exceedingly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 위임하십시". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cur currym er (depute). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | betro (confide). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | konfia (confide, have confidence in, trust). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | entrustay terconfiançaem (have confidence in, trust), mezanino (mezzanine), incumbir (delegate, tell), crer (accredit, believe, confide, deem, fancy, have confidence in, judge, suppose, Trow, trust, ween), contarcom (have confidence in, trust), confiar (beyond hope, charge, commit, confide, consign, depend, entry, have confidence in, intuition, lip reading, rely, trust), comissionar (commission, tell). (various references) încredinţa (assure, commit, confide, consign to, convince, give over, leave to, recommend, tell, trust). (various references) вверять (commend, commit, confide, deposit, intrust), поручать (charge, confide, intrust). (various references) poveriti (confide, delegate, intrust), poveravati (confide, unbosom). (various references) encomendar (commend, commit, intrust), confiar (confide, intrust, rely, trust). (various references) anförtro (commend, commit, confide, consign, delegate, deposit, depute, entrusted, trust). (various references) emanet etmek (bail, commend, commit, confide, consign, deposit, resign, trust, trust smb. with smth.), görevlendirmek (commission, deploy, draft, draught, draw out, elect, employ, give work, instruct, place, post, set on, station). (various references) tabюyrmak (charge with a comission, deliver). (various references) доручати (accredit, assign, charge, commit, confide, consign, intrust, trust), довіряти (accredit, believe, confide in, credit, string along, trust). (various references) -ethemba (account, accredit, believe, confide, deem, have confidence in, have faith, have faith in, hope, trust). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | taka. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | commenda, commendabam, commendabit, commendabo, commendamus, commendant, commendantes, commendarat, commendare, commendaret, commendari, commendasset, commendat, commendata, commendatum, commendatus, commendaverit, commendaverunt, commendavit, commendo, commiserat, commiserit, commiserunt, commisi, commisit, commissum, commissura, commissuram, commissuras, committant, committe, committebant, committenda, committentes, committere, committit, committitis, committunt, credam, credamus, credant, credas, credat, credatis, crede, credebam, credebant, credebat, credemus, credendo, credens, credent, credentem, credentes, credenti, credentibus, credentium, credere, crederent, crederentur, crederet, crederetis, crederetur, crederis, credes, credet, credetis, credi, crediderant, crediderint, credideris, crediderit, credideritis, crediderunt, credidi, credidimus, credidissent, credidisti, credidistis, credidit, credimus, credis, credit, credita, creditae, creditam, credite, creditis, creditor, creditum, creditur, credituri, creditus, credo, credunt, defer, deferant, deferat, deferebant, deferebat, deferebatur, deferens, deferent, deferentes, deferes, deferet, deferetur, deferre, deferrent, deferrentur, deferte, delatae, delatura, delaturam, delatus, demandare, detulerant, detulerat, detulerunt, detuli, detulissent, detulisset, detulisti, detulit, discredatis, legant, legati, legatos, legatum, legatur, legatus, legem, legere, legeris, leges, legesque, leget, legetque, manda, mandabit, mandabo, mandans, mandare, mandas, mandassem, mandassent, mandasti, mandastis, mandat, mandata, mandate, mandati, mandatis, mandato, mandatorum, mandatum, mandatumque, mandaverat, mandaverit, mandavero, mandaverunt, mandavi, mandavimus, mandavit, mandetis, mando, permiserit, permisisset, permisit, permissum, permittas, permitte, permittebat, permitteret, permittes, permittis, permittite, permittitur, permitto, remanda. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "entrust": entrusted, entrusting, entrustment, entrustments, entrusts. (additional references) | |
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"Entrust" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Centrust, enarques, Entract, entropt, entrus, etrus, Etruschi, intust, untrus. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "entrust" (pronounced entru"st) |
| 5 | -t r u" s t | antitrust, distrust, mistrust, trust. |
| 4 | -r u" s t | crust, encrust, incrust, rust, thrust. |
| 3 | -u" s t | adjust, bused, bussed, bust, Combust, cussed, discussed, disgust, dust, fussed, gust, just, lust, must, nonplussed, readjust, robust, unjust. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: nutters. | |
| Words within the letters "e-n-r-s-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: nutter, strunt, truest, tuners, unrest, utters. | |
-2 letters: nerts, netts, nurse, rents, runes, runts, stern, strut, stunt, sturt, tents, terns, trets, trues, trust, tuner, tunes, turns, unset, utter. | |
-3 letters: erns, erst, nest, nets, nett, nuts, rent, rest, rets, rues, rune, runs, runt, ruse, rust, ruts, sent, sett, stet, stun, suer, suet, sure, tens, tent. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-n-r-s-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: entrusts, runtiest, strunted, taunters, untruest. | |
+2 letters: brunettes, buttoners, denturist, earthnuts, entrusted, intercuts, intrusted, nutrients, quitrents, rebuttons, resultant, tinctures, transmute, truncates, turnstile, turnstone, unfetters, untethers. | |
+3 letters: butternuts, denturists, entrusting, frutescent, gutterings, instituter, instructed, instrument, interrupts, lutestring, menstruate, neutralist, nutriments, portentous, pothunters, putrescent, reductants, restaurant, resultants, russetting, scattergun, scuttering, shuttering, sputtering, stuttering, transmuted, transmutes, transudate, tribunates, triunities, truantries, trusteeing, trustiness, turbinates, turgescent, turnstiles, turnstones, turntables, unclutters, understate, uninterest, unsaturate, utterances. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6E 74 72 75 73 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -. - .-. ..- ... - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101110 01110100 01110010 01110101 01110011 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E n t r u s t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006E 0074 0072 0075 0073 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39808684878586 |
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