Meaning of faith In English

• 0 great trust or confidence in something or someone:

  • She has no faith in modern medicine.

  • You'll cope - I have great faith in you.

  • After the trial, his family said they had lost all faith in the judicial system.

  • Politicians must start keeping their promises if they want to restore the people's faith in government.

• 1 a particular religion:

  • the Muslim/Christian/Jewish/Buddhist faith

  • They were persecuted for their faith.

  • He was forced to practise his faith in secret.

  • a multi-faith society

  • They were brought up in the true faith (= the religion which the speaker believes is the only true one).

  • Even in the bad times she never lost her faith.

  • Her faith in God was shattered when her baby died.

  • It's my faith that keeps me going.

• 2 a high degree of trust or confidence in something or someone:

  • [ + that clause ] I have faith that she will do the right thing.

• 3 a particular religion, or belief in God:

  • [ C ] the Christian/Jewish/Muslim faith

  • [ C ] We welcome people of all faiths.

  • [ U ] Put your faith in God.

• 4 a feeling of trust that something will be successful, that people will do what they promise to do, etc.:

  • have faith in sb/sth Board members insisted they had absolute faith in the current management team.

  • put your faith in sb/sth You can't ask customers to put their faith in a product that hasn't been properly tested.

  • lose faith in sb/sth Stock holders seem to have lost faith in the banking sector.