faith
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(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.
Have faith in him, buddy.
You need to have faith in yourself, that you can overcome your shortcomings and become a good person.
- 2.
(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.
- 3.
(countable, metonymically, uncountable)(metonymic) 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?
- 4.
(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.
- 5.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Credibility or truth.
1784-1810, William Mitford, History of Greece the faith of the foregoing […] narrative
Trạng từ
adverb- 1.
(alt of, alternative, archaic, not comparable)Alternative form of in faith (“really, truly”).
interjection
interjectionfeithfeithefaythfaythefaithe
- 1.
(abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis, obsolete)Ellipsis of by my faith.
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ine-pro From Middle English faith (also fay), borrowed from Old French fei, feid, from Latin fidem. foy. Displaced native ġelēafa, which was also a word for belief.