faith
A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal…A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal from prior empirical evidence.
» He has lost faith in the doctor.
Он потерял веру во врача.
Він уже не довіряє лікарю.
Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal from prior empirical evidence.
The faithfulness of Old Faithful gives us faith in it.
I have faith in the goodness of my fellow man.
Vertrauen
ве́раvéra, уве́ренностьuvérennostʹ
complete confidence in a person or plan etc
(countable, uncountable)A conviction about abstractions, ideas, or beliefs, without empirical evidence, experience, or observation.
I have faith that my prayers will be answered.
I have faith in the healing power of crystals.
Glaube
ве́раvéra
ві́раvíra
(countable, metonymically, uncountable)A religious or spiritual belief system.
The Christian faith.
We seek justice for the Indo-European Folk Faith; what's wrong in our literature for that?
Glaube
ве́раvéra, вероиспове́даниеveroispovédanije, конфе́ссияkonféssija
ві́раvíra, віросповіда́нняvirospovidánnja, конфе́сіяkonfésija
(countable, uncountable)An obligation of loyalty or fidelity and the observance of such an obligation.
He acted in good faith to restore broken diplomatic ties after defeating the incumbent.
ве́раvéra
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Credibility or truth.
1784-1810, William Mitford, History of Greece the faith of the foregoing […] narrative
Examples
513 sentencesHe has lost faith in the doctor.
Він уже не довіряє лікарю.
ruОн потерял веру во врача.
I have faith in you, Tom.
Я вірю у тебе, Томе.
deIch habe Vertrauen in dich, Tom.
We haven't lost our faith in Tom.
Ми не втратили віри в Тома.
Have faith in yourself.
Вір у себе.
What faith are you?
Яка твоя релігія?
ruКакой вы веры?
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
From Middle English faith (also fay), borrowed from Old French fei, feid, from Latin fidemFrom Middle English faith (also fay), borrowed from Old French fei, feid, from Latin fidem. Doublet of foy. Displaced native Old English ġelēafa, which was also a word for belief.
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Forms
plural: faithsSynonyms
8 synonyms- complete confidence in a person or plan etc:trust
- a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny:religionreligious belief
- an institution to express belief in a divine power:religionorganized religion
Word family
43 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
11 patterns- have faith in
- complete faith in
- lost faith in
- have complete faith
- lot of faith
- more faith in
- have more faith
- complete faith
- of faith in
- lost faith
- more faith