Word Frequency
true (truː
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Definitions
adjective
Word forms: truer, 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
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- unswervingly faithful and loyal to friends, a cause, etc ⇒
a true follower
- (as collective noun; preceded by the) ⇒
the loyal and the true
- unswervingly faithful and loyal to friends, a cause, etc ⇒
- 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 (sense 3) -
See not true
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See true to life
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
Word forms: trues, truing, trued
- tr to adjust so as to make true
Derived Forms
ˈtrueness nounWord Origin
Old English triewe; related to Old Frisian triūwe, Old Saxon, Old High German triuwi loyal, Old Norse tryggr; see trow, trustSynonyms
View thesaurus entryQuotations including 'true'
"Many a true word is spoken in jest"
Translations for 'true'
- British English: true If a story is true, it really happened.Everything she said was true.truː ADJECTIVEfactual
- Arabic: حَقِيقِيّ
- Brazilian Portuguese: verdadeiro verdadeira
- Chinese: 真实的
- Croatian: istinito
- Czech: pravdivý
- Danish: sand
- Dutch: waar
- European Spanish: verdadero verdadera
- Finnish: tosi
- French: vraicorrect
- German: wahr
- Greek: αληθινός αληθινή
- Italian: vero vera
- Japanese: 本当の
- Korean: 진실한
- Norwegian: sann
- Polish: prawdziwy prawdziwa
- Portuguese: verdadeiro verdadeira
- Romanian: real real, reală, reali, reale
- Russian: истинный истинная
- Spanish: verdadero verdadera
- Swedish: sant
- Thai: ที่เป็นเรื่องจริง
- Turkish: gerçeksöz
- Ukrainian: правда
- Vietnamese: thật
- British English: truetruː If something is true, it is right or correct.Is it true that you have six cats? ADJECTIVEcorrect
- Arabic: صَحِيح
- Brazilian Portuguese: verdade
- Chinese: 真的
- Croatian: istinito
- Czech: pravdivý
- Danish: sandt
- Dutch: ware
- European Spanish: cierto
- Finnish: tosi
- French: vrai
- German: wahr
- Greek: αληθινός αληθινή
- Italian: vero
- Japanese: 本当の
- Korean: 사실인
- Norwegian: sann
- Polish: prawda.
- Portuguese: verdadeiro
- Romanian: adevărat adevărat, adevărată, adevărați, adevărate
- Russian: правильный
- Spanish: TRUE verdadera
- Swedish: sant
- Thai: จริง
- Turkish: gerçek
- Ukrainian: дійсно
- Vietnamese: có thực
Example Sentences Including 'true'
But Betjeman?s vision of England, which was shockingly unsentimental and true , will remain.Country Life (2004)
But the little ones --- ah, now they were his true joy in life.TREASON KEEP (2001)
By day, it is a pitiful sight because its true awfulness is revealed.Irish Times (2002)
Further development would be viewed as a mark of true maturity and stability in the economy.Irish Times (2002)
I resolved to be honest and true , not to play along with some sort of truth.Glasgow Herald (2001)
I was amazed to see Bobby's response to all of this, with him being a true New Yorker.DE NIRO: A Biography (2002)
It took pianist George Colligan years to discover his true musical vocation.Glasgow Herald (2001)
The Prince scowled up at her, but true to his word, he didn ' t move.LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR (2001)
The sign, to be a true sign, should be followed by a chance which I could not refuse.CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD (2001)
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The opposite of woe.
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