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- Dictionaryentrust/ɪnˈtrʌst/
verb
- 1. assign the responsibility for doing something to (someone): "I've been entrusted with the task of getting him safely back" Similar
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to give someone a thing or a duty for which they are responsible: entrust something to someone He didn't look like the sort of man you should entrust your luggage to. be entrusted with Two senior officials have been entrusted with organizing the auction. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Giving, providing and supplying.
1. : to confer a trust on. especially : to deliver something in trust to. 2. : to commit to another with confidence. entrustment. in-ˈtrəs (t)-mənt. en- noun. Synonyms. assign. charge. commission. task. trust. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.
to give someone a thing or a duty for which they are responsible: entrust something to someone He didn't look like the sort of man you should entrust your luggage to. be entrusted with Two senior officials have been entrusted with organizing the auction. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Giving, providing and supplying.
1. To give over (something) to another for care, protection, or performance: "He still has the aura of the priest to whom you would entrust your darkest secrets" (James Carroll). 2. To give as a trust to (someone): entrusted his aides with the task. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
verb [ T + adv/prep ] uk / ɪnˈtrʌst / us / ɪnˈtrʌst /. to give someone a thing or a duty for which they are responsible: entrust something to someone He didn't look like the sort of man you should entrust your luggage to.
verb (used with object) to charge or invest with a trust or responsibility; charge with a specified office or duty involving trust: We entrusted him with our lives. to commit (something) in trust to; confide, as for care, use, or performance:
To entrust is to give someone a responsibility you assume she will fulfill. If you entrust someone with the task of getting you to school on time, make sure she’s punctual. To entrust is to let someone take care of something for you because you believe she will protect it.
If you entrust something important to someone or entrust them with it, you make them responsible for looking after it or dealing with it. He entrusted his cash to a business partner for investment in a series of projects.
to make somebody responsible for doing something or taking care of somebody. entrust A (to B) He entrusted the task to his nephew. The rebuilding of London’s churches was entrusted to the brilliant young architect, Christopher Wren. His mother entrusted him to doctors at Charing Cross hospital.
If you entrust something important to someone or entrust them with it, you make them responsible for looking after it or dealing with it. He entrusted his cash to a business partner for investment in a series of projects. They can be entrusted to solve major national problems.
