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to entrust
01
to give someone the responsibility of taking care of something important, such as a task, duty, or information
Ditransitive: to entrust a task or responsibility to sb | to entrust sb with a task or responsibility
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
entrust
3rd person singular
entrusts
Present participle
entrusting
Past simple
entrusted
Past participle
entrusted
Examples
The manager decided to entrust the key project to the experienced team lead.
02
to give something to someone for safekeeping or to be responsible for
Ditransitive: to entrust sb/sth to sb
Examples
She entrusted her valuables to the bank for safekeeping.
Lexical Tree
entrust
trust
