TRUER

TRUE

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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Adjective

truer

comparative form of true

Source: Wiktionary

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TRUE

True, a. [Compar. Truer; superl. Truest.] Etym: [OE. trewe, AS. treówe faithful, true, from treów 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

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