true, dead on target
(adjective) accurately placed or thrown; “his aim was true”; “he was dead on target”
true, straight
(adjective) accurately fitted; level; “the window frame isn’t quite true”
true
(adjective) devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth; “true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them”
true, on-key
(adjective) in tune; accurate in pitch; “a true note”
truthful, true
(adjective) expressing or given to expressing the truth; “a true statement”; “gave truthful testimony”; “a truthful person”
true
(adjective) determined with reference to the earth’s axis rather than the magnetic poles; “true north is geographic north”
true
(adjective) rightly so called; “true courage”; “a spirit which true men have always admired”; “a true friend”
genuine, true, unfeigned
(adjective) not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; “genuine emotion”; “her interest in people was unfeigned”; “true grief”
true
(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”- B. Russell; “the true meaning of the statement”
dependable, honest, reliable, true
(adjective) worthy of being depended on; “a dependable worker”; “an honest working stiff”; “a reliable source of information”; “he was true to his word”; “I would be true for there are those who trust me”
true
(adjective) conforming to definitive criteria; “the horseshoe crab is not a true crab”; “Pythagoras was the first true mathematician”
true, admittedly, avowedly, confessedly
(adverb) as acknowledged; “true, she is the smartest in her class”
true
(noun) proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment; “out of true”
true, true up
(verb) make level, square, balanced, or concentric; “true up the cylinder of an engine”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
True (plural Trues)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, True is the 4303rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8261 individuals. True is most common among White (91.99%) individuals.
• -uret, rute
true (comparative truer or more true, superlative truest or most true)
(of a statement) Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct.
Conforming to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate.
(logic) Of the state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result.
Loyal, faithful.
Genuine; legitimate.
Used in the designation of group of species, or sometimes a single species, to indicate that it belongs to the clade its common name (which may be more broadly scoped in common speech) is restricted to in technical speech, or to distinguish it from a similar species, the latter of which may be called false.
(of an, aim or missile in archery, shooting, golf, etc.) Accurate; following a path toward the target.
(chiefly, probability) Fair, unbiased, not loaded.
(Of a literary genre) based on actual historical events.
• (of a statement, logic, loyal): false
• untrue
true (not comparable)
(of shooting, throwing etc) Accurately.
true (countable and uncountable, plural trues)
(uncountable) The state of being in alignment.
(uncountable, obsolete) Truth.
(countable, obsolete) A pledge or truce.
true (third-person singular simple present trues, present participle truing or trueing, simple past and past participle trued)
To straighten.
To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust.
• Often followed by up.
• -uret, rute
TRUE (not comparable)
(electronics) one of two states of a Boolean variable; logic 1.
Boolean variables and states (AND, OR, NOT, TRUE, FALSE etc.) are commonly written in all uppercase in order to distinguish them from the ordinary uses of the words.
• -uret, rute
Source: Wiktionary
True, a. [Compar. Truer; superl. Truest.] Etym: [OE. trewe, AS. treĂłwe faithful, true, from treĂłw 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.
Definition: In accordance with truth; truly. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 November 2024
(noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
