true

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/ tru /

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adjective, tru·er, tru·est.

being in accordance with the actual state or conditions; conforming to reality or fact; not false: a true story.

real; genuine; authentic: true gold; true feelings.

sincere; not deceitful: a true interest in someone's welfare.

firm in allegiance; loyal; faithful; steadfast: a true friend.

being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something: the true meaning of his statement.

conforming to or consistent with a standard, pattern, or the like: a true copy.

exact; precise; accurate; correct: a true balance.

of the right kind; such as it should be; proper: to arrange things in their true order.

properly so called; rightly answering to a description: true statesmanship.

legitimate or rightful: the true heir.

reliable, unfailing, or sure: a true sign.

exactly or accurately shaped, formed, fitted, or placed, as a surface, instrument, or part of a mechanism.

honest; honorable; upright.

Biology. conforming to the type, norm, or standard of structure of a particular group; typical: The lion is a true cat.

Animal Husbandry. purebred.

Navigation. (of a bearing, course, etc.) determined in relation to true north.

Archaic. truthful.

noun

exact or accurate formation, position, or adjustment: to be out of true.

the true, something that is true; truth.

adverb

in a true manner; truly; truthfully.

exactly or accurately.

in conformity with the ancestral type: to breed true.

verb (used with object), trued, tru·ing or true·ing.

to make true; shape, adjust, place, etc., exactly or accurately: to true the wheels of a bicycle after striking a pothole.

(especially in carpentry) to make even, symmetrical, level, etc. (often followed by up): to true up the sides of a door.

Idioms for true

come true, to have the expected or hoped-for result; become a reality: She couldn't believe that her dream would ever come true.

Origin of true

before 900; Middle English trewe (adj. and adv.), Old English trēowe (adj.) loyal, trusty, honest (see trow, truce); akin to Dutch trouw, German treu, Old Norse tryggr, Gothic triggws

SYNONYMS FOR true

1 factual, veracious.

3 honest.

4 trustworthy; staunch, constant, steady, unwavering.

7 faithful.

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synonym study for true

1. See real¹.

OTHER WORDS FROM true

true·ness, noun half-true, adjective

Words nearby true

trudeau, pierre elliott, trudeaumania, trudge, trudgen, trudy, true, true ankylosis, true anomaly, true believer, true bill, true blue

Example sentences from the Web for true

What happened to true love knows no boundaries and all that?

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At 1:42 a.m., a commenter bluntly asked: “Jeff, Is it true you are a convicted sex offender?”

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True, this may not be what James Madison had in mind when he was writing the Bill of Rights.

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One question was why Lynch did not think this was also true of cops who turned their backs earlier on Sunday.

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Like his old man, he keeps it reined in, but when talking about fishing, a true regret seeps out.

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The fear of its loss can alone teach us the true value of our treasure.

Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia |William Gilmore Simms
She saw in them, it is true, a reflex of her own power—and that pleased, but it did not move her.

Mary Marston |George MacDonald
It was true in the assembly of Israel of old, and assuredly it is not less true in the Church of God now.

Life and Times of David |Charles Henry Mackintosh
This little fiction is to amuse the credulous, and would be 'important if true.'

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The statement may be true; but instead of a cave there is only a tunnel a few rods in length.

Archeological Investigations |Gerard Fowke

British Dictionary definitions for true

true

/ (truː) /

adjective truer or truest

not false, fictional, or illusory; factual or factually accurate; conforming with reality

(prenominal) being of real or natural origin; genuine; not synthetic true leather

unswervingly faithful and loyal to friends, a cause, etca true follower
(as collective noun; preceded by the)the loyal and the true

faithful to a particular concept of truth, esp of religious truth a true believer

conforming to a required standard, law, or pattern a true aim; a true fit

exactly in tune a true note

(of a compass bearing) according to the earth's geographical rather than magnetic poles true north

biology conforming to the typical structure of a designated type sphagnum moss is a true moss, Spanish moss is not

physics not apparent or relative; taking into account all complicating factors the true expansion of a liquid takes into account the expansion of the container Compare apparent (def. 3)

not true informal unbelievable; remarkable she's got so much money it's not true

true to life exactly comparable with reality

noun

correct alignment (esp in the phrases in true, out of true)

adverb

truthfully; rightly

precisely or unswervingly he shot true

biology without variation from the ancestral type to breed true

verb trues, truing or trued

(tr) to adjust so as to make true

Derived forms of true

trueness, noun

Word Origin for true

Old English triewe; related to Old Frisian triūwe, Old Saxon, Old High German triuwi loyal, Old Norse tryggr; see trow, trust

Idioms and Phrases with true

true

In addition to the idioms beginning with true

true blue
true colors
true to

also see:

come true
course of true love
dream come true
find true north
hold good (true)
ring false (true)
run (true) to form
too good to be true
tried and true

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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true

adjective, tru·er, tru·est.

noun

adverb

verb (used with object), trued, tru·ing or true·ing.

Idioms for true

Origin of true

SYNONYMS FOR true

synonym study for true

OTHER WORDS FROM true

Words nearby true

Example sentences from the Web for true

British Dictionary definitions for true

adjective truer or truest

noun

adverb

verb trues, truing or trued

Derived forms of true

Word Origin for true

Idioms and Phrases with true

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

true

adjective, tru·er, tru·est.

noun

adverb

verb (used with object), trued, tru·ing or true·ing.

Idioms for true

Origin of true

SYNONYMS FOR true

synonym study for true

OTHER WORDS FROM true

Words nearby true

Words related to true

Example sentences from the Web for true

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adjective truer or truest

noun

adverb

verb trues, truing or trued

Derived forms of true

Word Origin for true

Idioms and Phrases with true

British Dictionary definitions for true