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tro

Pronunciation: /truː/

“tro” is a Swedish word. Its 9 meanings in English:

noun

  1. belief (that something is true or real (without being perfectly certain))
  2. belief, faith, trust (thinking that someone is reliable or telling the truth)
  3. belief, faith (thinking that someone or something will or has the capacity to do well or turn out well)
  4. religious faith
  5. allegiance

verb

  1. to believe, (in the sense of "to believe") to think (think that something is true or real (without being perfectly certain))
  2. to believe, to trust (someone) (think that they are telling the truth)
  3. to believe (in) (think that someone or something will or has the capacity to do well or turn out well)
  4. to have religious faith

Etymology

From Old Swedish trō, from Old Norse trú, from Proto-Germanic *trewwō.

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