faithfaith /feɪθ/ ●●● S3 W2 noun 
I still have faith in him. ‘Have faith, Alexandra,’ he said.lose faith (in somebody/something) The public has lost faith in the government.destroy/restore somebody’s faith (in somebody/something) It’s really helped restore my faith in human nature.2religion a)[uncountable] belief and trust in God: deep religious faithfaith in my faith in God b)[countable] one of the main religions in the world: People from all faiths are welcome.the Jewish/Muslim/Hindu etc faith members of the Jewish faith3break faith with somebody/something to stop supporting or believing in a person, organization, or idea: How could he tell them the truth without breaking faith with the Party?4keep faith with somebody/something to continue to support or believe in a person, organization, or idea5good faith honest and sincere intentions: He proposed a second meeting as a sign of his good faith. The woman who sold me the car claimed she had acted in good faith (=had not meant to deceive me).6bad faith intentions that are not honest or sincere7an act of faith something you do that shows you trust someone completely: Allowing Ken to be in charge of the project was a total act of faith.COLLOCATIONSverbshave faith· The public no longer has faith in the government’s policies.have every faith in somebody/something (=trust them completely)· We have every faith in your ability to solve the problem.put/place your faith in somebody/something· The Conservative party put its faith in the free market.show faith in somebody/something· The club have shown faith in the young goalkeeper by offering him a permanent contract.lose faith· Local people have lost faith in the police.destroy somebody’s faith in somebody/something· Terry’s lies had destroyed Liz’s faith in men.restore somebody’s faith in somebody/something (=make someone’s faith return)· His kindness had restored her faith in human nature.adjectivesgreat faith· He had great faith in his team.enormous faith· Ford placed enormous faith in the new model.complete faith· The owners have complete faith in Sam as manager.blind faith (=trusting someone without thinking)· He believes that our blind faith in technology is misplaced.
WORD ORIGINfaith
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French feid, from Latin fides; ➔ FIDELITYEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- After what she's been through, I can understand why she's lost faith in the legal system.
- Godparents agree to educate their godchild in the practice of the Christian faith.
- He's a man of deep religious faith.
- He had great faith in her judgement, and consulted her about everything.
- He places a great deal of faith in people's honesty.
- In spite of all that has happened, somehow she has held onto her faith.
- Instead of celebrating their religious faith, they are forced to conceal it for fear of reprisals.
- It was her faith in God that helped her survive the long years in prison.
- Most of the island's population belong to the Islamic faith.
- My mother's total faith in God always amazed me.
- Nothing could shake his faith in God.
- People of all faiths are welcome in this building.
- The center welcomes people from all faiths.
- the Jewish faith
- The judge's decision shook her faith in the legal system.
- The only reason I stayed in my marriage was because my faith in religion sustained me.
- The tensions are growing between members of different faiths.
- By faith they grow in understanding and insight.
- First, it will act as a safeguard against today's widespread and unnecessary breakdown of faith.
- Given their generally bad state of health and care, slaves turned both to faith and to magic for healing.
- He mistrusted the rich, and frequently proclaimed his faith in the people.
- I have not much faith in the League, nor in democracy as an up-to-date technique of government.
- Instead of being human and down-to-earth, faith becomes a fragrant, concentrated essence.
- This shows the important difference between subjectivism in faith and in doubt.
THESAURUS
[countable, uncountable] a set of beliefs about a god, and the ceremonies and customs that go with these beliefs. Also used when talking about all religions in general: · Judaism is one of the great religions of the world.· African tribal religions· a lecture on the role of religion in society
[countable, uncountable] a religion, especially one of the large important world religions. Also used when talking about religious belief in general: · The school welcomes children of all faiths.· His religious faith was always deeply important to him.
[countable, uncountable] the act of believing in a god or gods, or the ideas that someone believes because of their religion: · We all have the right to freedom of belief.· They were persecuted because of their religious beliefs.
[countable] a religious group that has slightly different beliefs from other groups who belong to the same religion: · The church is the largest Christian denomination in the United States.
[countable] a group of people who have their own set of religious beliefs and customs, especially a group that has separated from a larger group: · He became a member of a Buddhist sect.· There are two sects in Islam - the Sunni and the Shi'a.· an obscure religious sect
[singular, uncountable] the Christian religion in general: · How great is the influence of the church in present-day society?· The church has a lot to say about this.
(also Church) [countable] one of the separate groups within the Christian religion: · the Methodist Church
[countable] an extreme religious group that is not part of an established religion – often used to show disapproval: · The suicides have been linked to a strange religious cult.· the traditional pagan cults of Ancient Rome
[countable, uncountable] formal the religion that you belong to, and the set of beliefs that you accept in order to belong to it – often used in phrases when saying that your religion should not affect how you are treated: · There must be no discrimination because of race, colour, or creed.· You will be rewarded whatever your race or creed.
[countable] formal a group of people who share the same religious beliefs – used especially in official contexts: · the benefits of living within a supportive faith community
Longman Language Activatorsomething that someone believes · We need to learn to accept people who have different beliefs from ours.belief that · Their experiments were based on the belief that you could make gold from other metals.belief in · She never lost her belief in God.political/religious beliefs · They were put in prison because of their political beliefs.belief system · People with a strong spiritual or philosophical belief system are more likely to remain healthy.contrary to popular belief (=despite what most people believe) · Contrary to popular belief, cold weather does not make you ill.
a strong belief that something is true or can be trusted, especially religious belief: faith in: · It was her faith in God that helped her survive the long years in prison.· He places a great deal of faith in people's honesty.shake somebody's faith (=make someone doubt what they believe): · The judge's decision shook her faith in the legal system.
a belief that some objects or actions are lucky and some are unlucky, based on old ideas of magic: · Some scientists view all religion as superstition.superstition that: · It's an old superstition that walking under a ladder is unlucky.
a religion a religion is a set of beliefs that a group of people have about a god, and the ceremonies, customs, and rules that go with these beliefs. Religions and religious beliefs in general when considered as a subject are known as religion: · We spent hours discussing politics, religion, and poetry.· the Catholic religion· My parents' religion is very important to them.· The Buddhist and Shinto religions coexist in Japan. · We respect all religions here.be against somebody's religion (=be not allowed by their religion): · She can't eat pork. It's against her religion.
a religion, especially one of the large important world religions: · People of all faiths are welcome in this building.· One of the things our faith teaches us is that God created us in His own image.· The tensions are growing between members of different faiths.the Jewish/Christian/Islamic/Hindu etc faith: · Most of the island's population belong to the Islamic faith.· Godparents agree to educate their godchild in the practice of the Christian faith.
a religion - use this when you are referring to the range of different religions that exist: · The belief in Jesus as a prophet is a major part of several world creeds.· Give everybody an equal chance, regardless of race, color, creed, or gender.people of all creeds/people of every creed: · Mother Teresa offered her service and love to people of every caste and creed.· Our church welcomes people of various races, colors, and creeds.
things that you believe because of your religion all the ideas that someone believes because of their religion: · Martin Luther King was assassinated because of his beliefs.· The religious beliefs and practices of Americans have hardly changed since the 1940s.· She refused to change her strongly-held beliefs.· They are acting in a way that directly contradicts Christian beliefs.
a strong belief in a particular god or religion: · In spite of all that has happened, somehow she has held onto her faith.· Instead of celebrating their religious faith, they are forced to conceal it for fear of reprisals.faith in: · Nothing could shake his faith in God.· The only reason I stayed in my marriage was because my faith in religion sustained me.
relating to religion · Religious education is compulsory in all English schools.· All acts of religious worship were banned.· The tutor discussed her own religious beliefs openly with the students.· Record companies feared the album might cause offence to people on religious grounds.· The walls were decorated with religious symbols.· a religious festival
connected with God and religion, and therefore treated in a special way, or thought to have special qualities or powers: · Jerusalem is a holy city for Jews, Christians, and Muslims.· In Islam, only the Qur'an is considered holy.· the holy month of Ramadan· The priest sprinkled each member of the congregation with holy water.
connected with the soul, the spirit, and religion, and not with physical things or ordinary human activities: · She came seeking spiritual guidance.· the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people· Just as the emotional needs of the mentally disabled are overlooked, so too are their spiritual needs.· The last sacrament represents the final step in Christ's spiritual journey.
very holy and therefore treated with great respect: · a choir specialising in sacred music· the miraculous power of sacred relicsconsider something sacred/regard something as sacred: · The Japanese regard Mount Fuji as a sacred mountain.· Certain animals were considered sacred by the Aztecs.· The olive tree was regarded as sacred to the goddess Athena.
connected with or coming from God: · He offered a brief prayer for divine guidance.· The death of a child is commonly seen by members of the tribe as divine punishment.
involving or run by people or a particular religion - use this especially about schools and official religious groups: · The vast majority of people in the UK are opposed to more faith-based schools, saying they would be socially divisive.· Community leaders and those involved in faith organizations met to discuss what could be done about the recent disturbances.
the feeling that you can trust someone · After the scandal, the company lost the trust of many of its clients.· Establishing trust is the first thing a good teacher does with any student.trust in · Despite her many misfortunes, her trust in God was never shaken.put/place (your) trust in someone (=trust somebody) · People put their trust in their elected officials and expect them to do the best job they can.betray somebody's trust (=do something that shows they should not have trusted you) · She has betrayed the trust which we placed in her.mutual trust (=when two people or groups trust each other) · To be good leaders, managers must create a climate of mutual trust and respect.
a strong belief that you can trust a person, system, product etc, and that they will do what they say they will or do what they are supposed to do: · The new president has the confidence and backing of all of the leaders of the surrounding states.confidence in: · It's obviously very important to build up the consumer's confidence in our product.lose confidence: · Opinion polls show that the voters have lost confidence in the administration.public confidence (=the confidence of the people): · The agency works hard to increase public confidence so that people are not afraid to report racist incidents. crisis of confidence (=when confidence in a person, system etc becomes very weak): · The country's highly respected Finance Ministry is facing a crisis of confidence that will be difficult to reverse.
a strong belief that someone or something can always be depended on to do or say what is right or good: faith in: · My mother's total faith in God always amazed me.have faith: · He had great faith in her judgement, and consulted her about everything.lose faith: · After what she's been through, I can understand why she's lost faith in the legal system.
a very strong and unreasonable belief that someone can always be trusted, especially when it is wrong or dangerous to trust them: · There's a great difference between ordinary loyalty and blind faith.blind faith in: · Many doctors are worried by the villagers' blind faith in traditional healing methods.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs In order to sue, you have to prove that the company was acting in bad faith. We put our faith in God. The company had acted in good faith. A ceasefire was declared as a sign of good faith. They had implicit faith in his powers.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· The public no longer has faith in the government’s policies.
(=trust them completely)· We have every faith in your ability to solve the problem.
· The Conservative party put its faith in the free market.
· The club have shown faith in the young goalkeeper by offering him a permanent contract.
· Local people have lost faith in the police.
· Terry’s lies had destroyed Liz’s faith in men.
(=make someone’s faith return)· His kindness had restored her faith in human nature.
adjectives· He had great faith in his team.
· Ford placed enormous faith in the new model.
· The owners have complete faith in Sam as manager.
(=trusting someone without thinking)· He believes that our blind faith in technology is misplaced.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (=when you do something that shows you trust someone completely)· The signing of the treaty with Britain was an act of faith.
In order to sue, you have to prove that the company was acting in bad faith.· About one-third of the population has no belief in God.· Her faith in God helped her deal with her illness.
We put our faith in God. The company had acted in good faith. A ceasefire was declared as a sign of good faith. They had implicit faith in his powers.· When we deny autonomy to our 10-year-old, are we too guilty of bad faith?· School officials can lose this qualified privilege if they act in bad faith or without regard for whether the statements are true.· And some councils are acting in bad faith.· I think a leap of bad faith was made.· Nevertheless, with the passage of time the Soviet side could begin to accuse us of bad faith.· No doubt the missio, with its insistence on proving bad faith, had not been a wholly satisfactory remedy.· They have wanted to use suspicion to root out bad faith without taking responsibility for the implicit grounds of that suspicion.· But there was more to Jeanson than his bad faith, excesses, cruel humour and disconcerting habit of changing his mind.
· The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.· Many organizations see this as a blind leap of faith, and rightly so.· Memes for blind faith have their own ruthless ways of propagating themselves.· Then you reposed an absolutely blind faith in the Emperor!· This is true of patriotic and political as well as religious blind faith.· It was not blind faith that drove them to change the world, but a belief very well grounded in reality.· Faith ceases to be laudable when it is blind faith.· Roof taught me shoulder fakes, which I did on blind faith.
· There was a deep sense of prayer, an opportunity for reflection and an enjoyment in discovering more about our Catholic faith.· My brother and I were brought up in the Catholic faith.· The couple have not turned their back on their Catholic faith.· Formative influences here were his happy marriage and his staunch commitment to his Catholic faith.· A fervent supporter of Home Rule, he had converted to the Roman Catholic faith.· Over the last year many people around the diocese have been exploring the Catholic faith, with a view to becoming Catholics themselves.
· We have entered into agreements in good faith.· Let the voters judge who is negotiating in good faith, and whose plan most squares with their idea of reality.· Each partner must deal in partnership affairs with the utmost good faith.· I went down in good faith to the grand jury and testified and obviously the results are not there.· Like the Metropolitan, the collector made her purchase in good faith, never suspecting that the painting was stolen.· That regulation requires contractors to make a good faith effort to hire 50 percent of their work force from San Francisco.· Special offers are quoted in good faith based on information supplied by retailers.· His wife, Soo, understood and received each beating on good faith.
· This was typical of Stuart - he had great faith in his team.· Without a great faith, we shall lose that war.· Too often we forget that the great men of faith reached the heights they did only by going through the depths.· It takes a great patience and faith to rest on the lyrical content and strip the music down to the bones.· Yet there is a great faith and joy in life among these people.· At the same time there was that great act of faith, the blazer.· A fatherless, penniless boy - possessed of great determination, faith, and courage - seeks his fortune.· I have great faith that I shall receive help from you.
· But to realise he had so little faith in her - that really hurt.· Travelers of little faith, heed my plea.· He will find that in both Bath and Lancashire the electorate has as little faith in Labour's policies as he has.· I was showing little faith, he said.· Work-inhibited students need these messages of acceptance and positive expectation, since they have so little faith in them-selves.· The only problem is that Christians have too little faith to appropriate what is rightly theirs.· With a little faith it could be the biggest comeback since Lazarus.· But unlike other landlords, he had little patience for and little faith in second chances.
· None in religious education. 9 - strong religious faith?· If that happens, religious faith is born.· Walker was baptised a Presbyterian but throughout her life her religious faith grew ever broader in its outlook.· Latimer is living apart from people, divorced even from religious faith by his visions, when Charles Meunier pays a visit.· How we see it is affected by our culture and religious faith.· The effort to inculcate ethical behavior without religious faith seems one of the great fiascoes of the modern age.· Some would see his agnosticism, his awareness of the limits to thought, as the only true basis for religious faith.· The daughter loses her religious faith.
· Such expressions of piety are written from the highest motives, and are true to the faith in one way.· It had been filly embraced as the true faith.· The true relationship of faith and doubt is closer to that of courage and fear.· All true faith depends on knowledge.· First, they made a clear distinction between those of the true faith and those not of their fraternity.· Both are born of rationalism, and both are equally wrong and finally destructive of true faith.
NOUN· They understand tongue speaking as a way for individuals within a faith community to pray without the limitations of verbal speech.
· I have faith healers coming in twice a week and somehow she's just carrying on.· This guy I know really well suffered from it and went to see this faith healer and made a complete recovery.· So you can see why I was open-minded about the faith healer.· David's aching back is cured by faith healer called GoodNews, and thereafter his soul also undergoes a transformation.
VERB· The Vendor ought to act in good faith and disclose any such matters.· School officials can lose this qualified privilege if they act in bad faith or without regard for whether the statements are true.· And some councils are acting in bad faith.· If you act in good faith you might get out of this with your skin on.· Such a State should act in good faith so as not to frustrate the objects of the treaty.· Any person who acts in good faith will not, however, be required to make repayment.
· My father failed to comprehend that his explanations were based as much upon faith as mine.· Much of what we do in teaching is based upon faith in the power of external motivation.· Most nations' note issues are now entirely fiduciary, i.e. based on faith placed in the issuing authority.
· I broke my faith and smoked one.
· Bosses are threatening to axe them - but keeping faith in Eldorado.· But his people had kept the faith pure.· In the meantime they must keep their faith.· He had kept faith with the Old Man and brought them home.· He was my husband, and I, wretch that I am, could not keep faith with him.
· Exports are lower, household spending is weakening and businesses show signs of losing faith in their investment plans.· By 1932, millions of people had lost all faith and hope-in the nation, in the capitalist system, in themselves.· That and the fact that it lost faith in the nearest thing to a charismatic it had had since Rose Fox.· Carter himself, as one part of his hardening attitude toward the Soviets, lost faith in the treaty.· I lost my faith when my parents died.· By the end of May, she had lost faith that it would ever stop.· No wonder the population lost faith in the national currency.· But consumers should not lose faith, King said.
· It lacked resources, acted without vigour, and placed too much faith in Railtrack.· Ultimately, Whitman places his faith in sheer being.· In his vain way, he placed the same faith in jungles that earlier whites had put in cathedrals or steam ships.· From the start, it has placed its faith in Unix.· So people have to place great faith in the stories.· But the underlying tendency is to place faith in the police process.· The only recovery that the strategists are placing any real faith in at the moment is that of the United States economy.· Under the circumstances, however, there was not a man who cared to place absolute faith in mere machinery.
· He put his faith in the genius of individuals.· The unfortunate crew of Tai Ki had put their faith in several coats of tung oil, to no effect.· More importantly, it put paid to public faith in the League.· Can she put her faith in the people who oversaw her career before?· Other species put their faith in bribery.· Nevertheless, we are asked by psychoanalysis to put our faith in reason in place of affects.· So, like hundreds of others, he put his faith in a franchise.· All of her deepest, oldest instincts told her it was crazy to put her faith in any man.
· Given the recent events in Orkney and elsewhere, promoting social work as a caring profession must restore faith in its activities.· But no, here to restore your faith is Sen.· It was his chief aim to restore the nation's faith in the presidency.· Along the way, she touched lives, inspired hope and restored faith in public service.· Your kindness and sincerity really did restore my faith in human nature.· If we had lost hope, the desert dawn would restore our faith.· Help restore my faith in women All letters answered Photo appreciated.· I had to restore my faith in myself.
· Exports are lower, household spending is weakening and businesses show signs of losing faith in their investment plans.· Peter was starting to show faith in me.· Newark and Sherwood District Council showed their faith with a substantial grant towards the project.· I was showing little faith, he said.· And in being part of that process you have to show good faith.· To show his good faith, White even gives Blue an advance of ten fifty-dollar bills.· The indications are that shareholders will show faith in Mr Hintz and defeat the resolutions.· What I try to do in this book is to show that faith is reasonable.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- And some councils are acting in bad faith.
- Guinness was accused of bad faith, in particular for failing to adhere to promises made in the official offer documents.
- I can't help feeling, therefore, that your critical position relies on a heavy dose of bad faith.
- I think a leap of bad faith was made.
- In Anisminic, Lord Reid gave the following examples: It may have given its decision in bad faith.
- In the present case the plaintiff did not allege, nor did the judge find, any bad faith by the defendants.
- School officials can lose this qualified privilege if they act in bad faith or without regard for whether the statements are true.
- What intrigues me about programmes like You've Been Framed is their bad faith.
- Allowing Ken to be in charge of the project was a total act of faith.
- It is, even, a bit of an act of faith comparing two concurrent campaigns' performance.
- It was an act of faith to open up and know that we might not have any money two weeks later.
- It was by an act of faith in his science that a trim Shepelev crawled into the chamber and sealed the door.
- Six were at sea, on the business of trade - an act of faith that he might have cause to regret.
- The objection to the claim is that it is mere assertion or, more kindly, an act of faith.
- There is no continuous evolution towards it; it requires, somewhere along the line, an act of faith on the part of management.
- This is where boating turns into an act of faith.
- To conclude that the universe exists because it permits us to exist is an act of faith, not reason.
- Officials have denied reports that the U.S. had broken faith with the island's government.
- The military regime has not kept faith with its promises of democratic reform.
- He had kept faith with the Old Man and brought them home.
- He was my husband, and I, wretch that I am, could not keep faith with him.
- Moxon's decision to drop Ashley Metcalfe and keep faith with Simon Kellett turned out to be fully justified.
- They were moderns, they must keep faith with their generation and not look back towards the old one.
- As a sign of his good faith, the company has agreed to replace the defective parts for free.
- And I believe President Clinton is a person of good faith as well.
- As a result, both parties should always behave in good faith.
- Avoid apologizing if you've made a criticism in good faith.
- However, we judge the Government's good faith in terms of their track record.
- So we paid an exorbitant price for the decisions that were made in good faith and for good purpose.
- Special offers are quoted in good faith based on information supplied by retailers.
- These duties seek to regulate the conduct of partners and promote good faith between them.
- Whilst still in employment, there was an implied term imposing a duty of good faith.
- But the idea is practically an article of faith among Republicans elected in the 1990s.
- It was an article of faith to Be There, with or without the goods.
- It would be an article of faith with him to believe that.
- One must accept it as an article of faith, sufficient unto itself, for all time.
- That is an article of faith for him.
- When only seeing is believing the unseen reproductive anatomy of the female can not be an article of faith.
- In order to sue, you have to prove that the company was acting in bad faith.
- And some councils are acting in bad faith.
- In Anisminic, Lord Reid gave the following examples: It may have given its decision in bad faith.
- School officials can lose this qualified privilege if they act in bad faith or without regard for whether the statements are true.
- Faith ceases to be laudable when it is blind faith.
- I followed his commands with blind obedience, never bothering to question what his purpose might have been.
- It was not blind faith that drove them to change the world, but a belief very well grounded in reality.
- Memes for blind faith have their own ruthless ways of propagating themselves.
- Safety is a matter of active attention and alert work practices, not blind obedience to arbitrary rules.
- The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.
- Then you reposed an absolutely blind faith in the Emperor!
- This is true of patriotic and political as well as religious blind faith.
- For my taste, there are a few too many leaps of faith required.
- For this the Middle East needs a leap of faith.
- If not, some franchise will have to take a leap of faith.
- It encompasses both the art of spin doctoring and also our fragile human need and ability to make huge leaps of faith.
- It would take only a minor leap of faith, a moment of transcendence, to believe that Christine Ashdown stared back.
- Privatization would be an untested leap of faith.
- The change is also so unprecedented that it necessitates a genuine leap of faith.
- These reforms, untested by pilot evaluations, represent a leap of faith.
- Duregar pinned his hopes on Dwarven determination to keep the army safe.
- He seems to pin his hopes on it.
- Ministers are pinning their hopes on a big spending Christmas this year to give the High Street and struggling businesses a boost.
- Stores, pinning their hopes on a brighter Christmas, were cheerful.
- This year it is pinning its hopes on an 8% uplift in passenger growth to around the 82m mark.
- Those who pin their hopes on highly specified, short range solutions may or may not get it right.
- Treacy is pinning his hopes on Derry again falling victim to a goal famine of crisis proportions.
- Can she put her faith in the people who oversaw her career before?
- Events that happen previously show us that Atticus is a person that we can put our trust in.
- He put his faith in the genius of individuals.
- None the less, geophysicists continue to look, continue to put their faith in ghosts of a sort.
- Others put their faith in camphor.
- She was putting her trust in the wrong people again.
- The Profitboss puts his trust in his people.
- The unfortunate crew of Tai Ki had put their faith in several coats of tung oil, to no effect.
WORD FAMILYnounfaithfaithfulness ≠ unfaithfulnessfaithfulfaithlessnessadjectivefaithful ≠ unfaithfulfaithlessadverbfaithfully ≠ unfaithfully
1trust/confidence in somebody/something [uncountable] a strong feeling of trust or confidence in someone or somethinghave faith (in somebody/something) I still have faith in him. ‘Have faith, Alexandra,’ he said.lose faith (in somebody/something) The public has lost faith in the government.destroy/restore somebody’s faith (in somebody/something) It’s really helped restore my faith in human nature.2religion a)[uncountable] belief and trust in God: deep religious faithfaith in my faith in God b)[countable] one of the main religions in the world: People from all faiths are welcome.the Jewish/Muslim/Hindu etc faith members of the Jewish faith3break faith with somebody/something to stop supporting or believing in a person, organization, or idea: How could he tell them the truth without breaking faith with the Party?4keep faith with somebody/something to continue to support or believe in a person, organization, or idea5good faith honest and sincere intentions: He proposed a second meeting as a sign of his good faith. The woman who sold me the car claimed she had acted in good faith (=had not meant to deceive me).6bad faith intentions that are not honest or sincere7an act of faith something you do that shows you trust someone completely: Allowing Ken to be in charge of the project was a total act of faith.COLLOCATIONSverbshave faith· The public no longer has faith in the government’s policies.have every faith in somebody/something (=trust them completely)· We have every faith in your ability to solve the problem.put/place your faith in somebody/something· The Conservative party put its faith in the free market.show faith in somebody/something· The club have shown faith in the young goalkeeper by offering him a permanent contract.lose faith· Local people have lost faith in the police.destroy somebody’s faith in somebody/something· Terry’s lies had destroyed Liz’s faith in men.restore somebody’s faith in somebody/something (=make someone’s faith return)· His kindness had restored her faith in human nature.adjectivesgreat faith· He had great faith in his team.enormous faith· Ford placed enormous faith in the new model.complete faith· The owners have complete faith in Sam as manager.blind faith (=trusting someone without thinking)· He believes that our blind faith in technology is misplaced.