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# faith

«faith» in Mova's school dictionary: **a strong trust or belief in someone or something, even…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (faith, mostly uncountable; a faith, faiths)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Faith is a strong trust or belief in someone or something, even without proof. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faith/#m1)

2) A faith is a religion, such as Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faith/#m2)

3) Faith is belief in God or gods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faith/#m3)

4) Faith can also be an old exclamation meaning "indeed". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faith/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In religious education lessons pupils learn about different faiths and respect them; in stories characters keep faith in a friend or lose faith when let down. Phrases: «have faith in», «lose faith», «keep the faith», «people of all faiths», «in good faith» (honestly).

### examples

- I have faith in my team; we can win. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faith/#x1)
- People of many faiths live in our town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faith/#x2)
- Don't lose faith; keep practising. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faith/#x3)
- The class learned about the Sikh faith. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faith/#x4)
- She did it in good faith, meaning to help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faith/#x5)
- His faith is very important to him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faith/#x6)
- Dad has a lot of faith in his old car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faith/#x7)
- "Faith, you've been quicker than we have." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faith/#x8)

### note

Mostly uncountable; countable when it means a religion: «different faiths». Adjective: «faithful». Science is based on evidence, not on faith; but people use the word for trust too. Respect other people's faiths even if you believe differently.

### In the corpora

- [Mocking what someone holds dear, such as their faith, to upset them is unkind.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church/27/)
- [Faith is so happy she cries.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/503-twins-and-big-families/29/)
- [The Mughal emperor Akbar, who ruled from 1556 to 1605, expanded the empire and welcomed people of different faiths to his court.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/35-the-mughals-the-ming-and-the-empires-of-asia/8/)
- [Both sides in the Crusades did brave things and cruel things, and ordinary people of all three faiths suffered.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/21-castles-knights-and-cathedrals/19/)
- [People have always belonged to many groups at once: family, village, people, faith, country and the world.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/66-from-band-to-nation-families-tribes-kingdoms-empires-and-countries/24/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «faith» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faith/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.