phrasal verb · neutral
put stock in
UK/pʊt stɒk ɪn/US/pʊt stɑk ɪn/put·STOCK·in
task2speaking
to place confidence or value in something (often resources, data or a single study)
Examples
“I wouldn’t put too much stock in a survey with only 30 respondents.”
“Policymakers shouldn’t put stock in one small study when making national decisions.”
“Students often put stock in rankings, even though methodologies differ.”
Band 8 sentence
“Although surveys are useful, we should be cautious about putting too much stock in a single, non‑representative sample.”
Collocations
- put a lot of stock in
- put little/no stock in
Word family
stock noun
Common mistakes
put much stock→put a lot of stock in
put stock on→put stock in
Say it for a higher band
5believe→6trust→7+put stock in
Synonyms
rely on
place value on
Easily confused
rely on
“We shouldn’t rely on a single small study.”
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