# trusting

Pronunciation: say "TRUS-ting" /ˈtɹʌstɪŋ/

## Adjective

1. Ready to believe what others claim and quick to place confidence in them.
   - Simple: Quick to believe what other people say and ready to depend on them.
   - _Her trusting nature made her an easy target for con artists._
   - _He remained remarkably trusting even after several betrayals._

## Verb

2. Present participle and gerund of trust. — present participle and gerund of trust
   - Simple: The -ing form of trust. Use it to name the action, or after a noun to describe it.
   - _By trusting the map, they found the hidden trail._
   - _The committee is trusting the new data to guide its decision._

## Origin

From Middle English trustyng (also trostinge, tristynge), equivalent to trust plus the suffix -ing.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/trusting (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).