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ADJECTIVE true COMPARATIVE truer SUPERLATIVE truest

true English

Meaning true meaning

What does true mean?

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 — adjective (= dead on target) accurately placed or thrown his aim was true he was dead on target — adverb as acknowledged true, she is the smartest in her class — adjective devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them — adjective conforming to definitive criteria the horseshoe crab is not a true crab Pythagoras was the first true mathematician — adjective accurately fitted; level the window frame isn't quite true — adjective determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles true north is geographic north — adjective (= lawful) having a legally established claim the legitimate heir the true and lawful king — adjective rightly so called true courage a spirit which true men have always admired a true friend — verb (= true up) make level, square, balanced, or concentric true up the cylinder of an engine — noun proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment out of true — adjective (= genuine, unfeigned) not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed genuine emotion her interest in people was unfeigned true grief — adjective in tune; accurate in pitch a true note — adjective (= truthful) expressing or given to expressing the truth a true statement gave truthful testimony a truthful person — adjective (= dependable, honest, reliable) worthy of being depended on a dependable worker an honest working stiff a reliable sourcSFLe of information he was true to his word I would be true for there are those who trust me

Synonyms true synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as true?

true English » English

real correct genuine right actual authentic honest accurate faithful loyal reliable exact truthful truth sincere really proper just truly factual veritable straight pure trusty indeed certain righteous legitimate dependable yes valid trustworthy staunch devoted unfeigned sure solid upright unfailing regular kosher credible very veracious true up straightforward rightful responsible reality original

Topics true topics

What do people use true to talk about?

Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs

Yes

What words are used to affirm the truth of something?

yes yeah yea indeed true that's true it is true verily agreed certainly of course that's right I guess so that is so a-huh nod your head affirmative positive

Social behavior Behavior Honest

Faithful

What words describe someone who is faithful?

faithful loyal devoted staunch true unswerving
What words refer to being faithful?

stand by stick by be true to

Language and thought Communication Say

True

What words indicate that a statement agrees with reality?

true truth accurate in fact right correct

Language and thought Communication Say True

Real

What words describe something that is real and not imagined?

actual concrete fact factual nonfiction real reality true

States Quality Shape

Expect

What words refer to an expectation happening?

come true come about be fulfilled materialize
What words refer to an expectation not happening?

not come true fail to materialize

Language and thought Think Opinion

Believe

What words refer to believing that something is true?

believe faith trust accept confidence give credence to consider count on rely on reliance depend on dependence swear by take for granted bet on bank on buy take at face value store stock take someone's word for it cling to be convinced be dogmatic follow heed receive think something is true

States Time Aspectual time Age

Old fashioned

What words describe an old fashioned idea or way of doing something?

old customary inveterate passé traditional tried and true well-trodden

Examples true examples

How do I use true in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I hope my dream will come true.

Can the report be true?

I admit it to be true.

The story may sound strange, but it is true.

It's true.

I can't possibly think your story is true.

The day will surely come when your dreams will come true.

Your dreams have come true.

May all your dreams come true!

What the newspaper said about the weather has certainly come true.

It is true that she teaches French at school.

The news is too good to be true.

It's true that she's dead.

It is unfortunately true.

Unfortunately, it's true.

All that which is invented, is true.

And yet, the contrary is always true as well.

What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove it?

When you're trying to prove something, it helps to know it's true.

Everyone would like to believe that dreams can come true.

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

It's too good to be true.

This is too good to be true.

That's too good to be true.

It is too good to be true.

Too good to be true.

Even if it isn't true, it's still rather clever.

I thought it was true.

Unfortunately, that's true.

Unfortunately, that is true.

This is true.

Movie subtitles

Would that really be true?

A distinction is needed precisely because we are true siblings.

But that's not true!

I guess that's sort of true.

No, no, no, it doesn't matter if the stories are true or not!

But it isn't true.

I don't have to deal with lies in figuring out what is true, what is not.

Is that girl's story really true.?

Could this be all there is to know regarding the true circumstances of my death?

If something goes wrong, and you end up in hell, the same holds true there.

The things you said earlier, was that true?

True warriors must always be at their peak.

Perhaps you have at last Discovered your true destiny.

So is it true you're, like, a good guy now?

Is that true?

Could it be true?

But if it were true, if that emission really existed, it would be a very powerful tool to study the Galaxy.

That's not true.

Is it true that Abd el-Kader is 20 km from Algiers?

I mixed infidel blood. with that of the true warriors of the faith.

He taught you the true religion.

My old dream had finally come true!

This place, the way it is, it's like a. Like a tomb of Rie's dream that can never come true.

Well, we did kill them. That is true.

Our true foe is The Blessed.

True, in part.

If that's true, then we need to find out what it is we're dealing with, and quickly.

Is it true that you have a magic ring that can make you invisible?

It's true. It is about power.

Jackson Whittemore was Lydia Martin's true love.

By the end, you did see the true love that Jackson and Lydia did have.

The security of the Jeju forum will be tight. There is an uproar of news circulating among the foreign media saying that John Mayer is finally going to reveal his true self.

But it's true that he can't do without me.

True meaning?

If my wish were to come true like this. I have been working hard at my pursuit of knowledge in the ways of the sword.

It's what lies there that's important. that is true strength. Musashi.

So, I guess the rumors about you joining us are true, then?

Uh-uh-uh. A true magician never reveals his secrets.

News and current affairs

He was, in the true sense of the word, a self-made man, whose pluck, ambition, drive and inner belief in his destiny carried him to the pinnacle of his achievements.

In this Abba Eban was a true representative of the people he so gloriously represented.

To many, myself included, NATO's enlargement to take in, among others, the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania -- which were once Soviet republics -- is an impossible dream come true.

But determination and political will has now made the dreams come true.

Indeed, the opposite is true.

This is true in the public as well as the private sector.

But it is also true that although some people are eager to take pills that make them feel better or think faster, it is not so obvious that people would really want to take pills that would make them morally better.

The same will be true of the stagnation that those policies bring.

Most importantly, price signals that show the true social costs of energy derived from fossil fuels will encourage innovation and conservation.

So if it is true that trust in financial institutions - and in the governments that oversee them - has been damaged by the crisis, we should care a lot, and we should be devising responses which seek to rebuild that trust.

It would seem not, as it is also true that very trusting people also have lower incomes than the average.

Although it is true that thousands of the civilians killed in Dresden and other German cities were innocent at an individual level, there can be no doubt it was morally imperative that Germany be defeated collectively.

All this is perfectly true.

But, among states, even nuclear deterrence was more complex than it first looked, and that is doubly true of deterrence in the cyber domain.

What was true for the alchemists of yore remains true today: gold and reason are often difficult to reconcile.

If that is true, then Sarkozy missed the romantic opportunity of a lifetime.

Sarkozy could make that dream come true.

Indeed, the opposite is true. Nuclear power is saddled with three major unresolved risks: plant safety, nuclear waste, and, most menacing of all, the risk of military proliferation.

On the contrary, events have imposed an agenda on Europe that we cannot escape and for which solidarity - true union - will be needed.

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