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/tru/
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Definitions of true
  1. adverb
    as acknowledged
    "true, she is the smartest in her class"

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    admittedly avowedly confessedly
  2. verb
    make level, square, balanced, or concentric
    "true up the cylinder of an engine"

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    true up
  3. adjective
    accurately fitted; level
    "the window frame isn't quite true"

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    straight even
  4. adjective
    not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
    "true grief"

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    genuine unfeigned sincere
  5. adjective
    in tune; accurate in pitch
    "a true note"

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    on-key harmonious
  6. adjective
    having a legally established claim
    "the true and lawful king"

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    lawful rightful legitimate
  7. adjective
    worthy of being depended on
    "he was true to his word" "I would be true for there are those who trust me"

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    dependable honest reliable trusty trustworthy
  8. adjective
    accurately placed or thrown
    "his aim was true"

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    dead on target accurate
  9. adjective
    expressing or given to expressing the truth
    "a true statement"

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    truthful veracious honest
  10. adjective
    conforming to definitive criteria
    "the horseshoe crab is not a true crab" "Pythagoras was the first true mathematician"

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    typical
  11. adjective
    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" "the true meaning of the statement"

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    real literal truthful sure actual apodeictic apodictic genuine
    Opposite:
    false
  12. adjective
    determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles
    "true north is geographic north"

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    geographical geographic
  13. adjective
    devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth
    "true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them"

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    faithful
  14. noun
    proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment
    "out of true"
    type of:
    alignment
  15. adjective
    rightly so called
    "true courage" "a spirit which true men have always admired" "a true friend"

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    real
Examples of true
  • "true, she is the smartest in her class"
  • "true up the cylinder of an engine"
  • "the window frame isn't quite true"
  • "true grief"
  • "a true note"
  • "the true and lawful king"
  • "he was true to his word"
  • "I would be true for there are those who trust me"
  • "his aim was true"
  • "a true statement"
  • "the horseshoe crab is not a true crab"
  • "Pythagoras was the first true mathematician"
  • "the story is true"
  • "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"
  • "the true meaning of the statement"
  • "true north is geographic north"
  • "true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them"
  • "out of true"
  • "true courage"
  • "a spirit which true men have always admired"
  • "a true friend"
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