Meaning of TRUE
| Pronunciation: | | troo
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- [n] proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment; "out of true"
- [adv] as acknowledged; "true, she is the smartest in her class"
- [adj] accurately placed or thrown; "his aim was true"; "he was dead on target"
- [adj] reliable as a basis for action; "a true prophesy"
- [adj] accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite true"
- [adj] devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth; "true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them"
- [adj] not synthetic or spurious; of real or natural origin; "real mink"; "true gold"
- [adj] in tune; accurate in pitch; "a true note"
- [adj] expressing or given to expressing the truth; "a true statement"; "gave truthful testimony"; "a truthful person"
- [adj] consistent with fact or reality; not false; "the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"- B. Russell; "the true meaning of the statement"
- [adj] conforming to definitive criteria; "the horseshoe crab is not a true crab"; "Pythagoras was the first true mathematician"
- [v] make level, square, balanced, or concentric; "true up the cylinder of an engine"
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| | Synonyms: | | accurate, actual, admittedly, apodeictic, apodictic, avowedly, confessedly, dead on target, dependable, echt, even, factual, faithful, genuine, harmonious, honest, literal, on-key, real, reliable, so(p), straight, sure, true up, truthful, typical, veracious |
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| | Antonyms: | | false, untruthful | | |
| | See Also: | | adjust, align, alignment, aline, correct, honorable, line up, right, sincere | |
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\True\ (tr[=oo]), a. (Biol.)
Genuine; real; not deviating from the essential characters of
a class; as, a lizard is a true reptile; a whale is a true,
but not a typical, mammal.
\True\, a. [Compar. {Truer}; superl. {Truest}.] [OE. trewe,
AS. tre['o]we faithful, true, from tre['o]w fidelity, faith,
troth; akin to OFries. triuwe, adj., treuwa, n., OS. triuwi,
adj., trewa, n., D. trouw, adj. & n., G. treu, adj., treue,
n., OHG. gitriuwi, adj., triuwa, n., Icel. tryggr, adj., Dan.
tro, adj. & n., Sw. trogen, adj., tro, n., Goth. triggws,
adj., triggwa, n., trauan to trust, OPruss druwis faith. Cf.
{Trow}, {Trust}, {Truth}.]
1. Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state
of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or
the like; as, a true relation or narration; a true
history; a declaration is true when it states the facts.
2. Right to precision; conformable to a rule or pattern;
exact; accurate; as, a true copy; a true likeness of the
original.
Making his eye, foot, and hand keep true time. --Sir
W. Scott.
3. Steady in adhering to friends, to promises, to a prince,
or the like; unwavering; faithful; loyal; not false,
fickle, or perfidious; as, a true friend; a wife true to
her husband; an officer true to his charge.
Thy so true, So faithful, love unequaled. --Milton.
Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie. --Herbert.
4. Actual; not counterfeit, adulterated, or pretended;
genuine; pure; real; as, true balsam; true love of
country; a true Christian.
The true light which lighteth every man that cometh
into the world. --John i. 9.
True ease in writing comes from art, not chance.
--Pope.
Note: True is sometimes used elliptically for It is true.
{Out of true}, varying from correct mechanical form,
alignment, adjustment, etc.; -- said of a wall that is not
perpendicular, of a wheel whose circumference is not in
the same plane, and the like. [Colloq.]
{A true bill} (Law), a bill of indictment which is returned
by the grand jury so indorsed, signifying that the charges
to be true.
{True time}. See under {Time}.
\True\, adv.
In accordance with truth; truly. --Shak.
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