Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To accept something without seeing evidence supporting it, by trust or confidence.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. I have to take it on faith.

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  2. They took a leap of faith.

    deSie taten einen Sprung in den Glauben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. Take a leap of faith.

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Forms

takes on faith, taking on faith, took on faith, taken on faith
Base formtake on faith · to take on faith
3rd person singulartakes on faith
Present participletaking on faith
Past simpletook on faith
Past participletaken on faith

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytake on faith
he, she, ittakes on faith

Past simpleLesson

all personstook on faith

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave taken on faith
he, she, ithas taken on faith

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill take on faith

Synonyms

1 synonyms
take on trust

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tainttajtakeA1takeawayB1takeoffB1takeout

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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