English Dictionary

ON FAITH

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does on faith mean? 

ON FAITH (adverb)
  The adverb ON FAITH has 1 sense:

1. with trust and confidenceplay

  Familiarity information: ON FAITH used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ON FAITH (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

With trust and confidence

Context example:

we accepted him on faith


 Context examples 


He took the laboratory proofs on faith, and his intense power of vision enabled him to see the reactions of chemicals more understandingly than the average student saw them in the laboratory.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

But he had caught hints of such music from the books, and he accepted her playing largely on faith, patiently waiting, at first, for the lifting measures of pronounced and simple rhythm, puzzled because those measures were not long continued.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)



 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"Don't cross a bridge until you come to it." (English proverb)

"Not every sweet root give birth to sweet grass." (Native American proverb, tribe unknown)

"He fasted for a whole year and then broke his fast with an onion." (Arabic proverb)

"The pen is mightier than the sword." (Dutch proverb)


ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact