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/tɹˈuː/
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[ US /ˈtɹu/ ]
[ US /ˈtɹu/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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rightly so called
true courage
a true friend
a spirit which true men have always admired -
not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
her interest in people was unfeigned
true grief
genuine emotion -
devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth
true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them -
determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles
true north is geographic north -
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 -
having a legally established claim
the true and lawful king
the legitimate heir -
conforming to definitive criteria
Pythagoras was the first true mathematician
the horseshoe crab is not a true crab -
in tune; accurate in pitch
a true note -
accurately placed or thrown
he was dead on target
his aim was true -
accurately fitted; level
the window frame isn't quite true -
expressing or given to expressing the truth
a true statement
gave truthful testimony
a truthful person -
worthy of being depended on
a reliable source of information
an honest working stiff
I would be true for there are those who trust me
a dependable worker
he was true to his word
a dependable worker
a reliable source of information
ADVERB
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as acknowledged
true, she is the smartest in her class
VERB
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make level, square, balanced, or concentric
true up the cylinder of an engine
NOUN
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proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment
out of true
How To Use true In A Sentence
- $this - > _updated = true; else throw new Exception ( "Invalid server response"); public function setLoginPassword ($login, $password) $this - > _login = $login; PhpBB.com
- Here's the good news: When you bring what I call unconditional presence to the trance of fear, you create the foundation for true spiritual awakening. Undefined
- After a couple of days she showed her true self .
- There are, true, a few tonal changes: the jokes are jokier, the touches of malice heavier, and she revels more obviously than before in the playfulness she brings to her performances. What Sarah Palin Doesn't Know
- The wives showed themselves true to stereotype by forever cooking meals containing an abundance of chips and driving to shoe shops in Japanese cabriolets.
- Squire Western, who, surrounded by piqueurs, and girt with the conventional cor de chasse of the Gallic sportsman, sings the following ariette, diversified with true Fielding
- A fellow treats himself and his true love to dinner, a bottle and a night at the bug house at the end of another week of hard work and dutiful child-rearing, comes home happy and at peace, and what does he find?
- The prototypical noun may be (though need not be) quite long, stress will fall early in the word, the stressed vowel will be non-front, and the final consonant (if an obstruent) will be voiceless.
- Thereafter thought, weighing the truth or falseness of the notion, determines what is true: and this explains the Greek word for thought, dianoia, which is derived from dianoein, meaning to think and discriminate. NPNF2-09. Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus
- The true university of these days is a collection of books.
