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True Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of True? [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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for True: 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 Related Terms \| Find terms related to True: See Also \| adjust \| align \| alignment \| aline \| correct \| honorable \| line up \| right \| sincere True In Webster's Dictionary \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.

True Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of True?

[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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True In Webster's Dictionary

\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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