Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Consistent with fact or reality; not false or erroneous. See Synonyms at real1. See Usage Note at fact.
- adj. Truthful.
- adj. Real; genuine. See Synonyms at authentic.
- adj. Reliable; accurate: a true prophecy.
- adj. Faithful, as to a friend, vow, or cause; loyal. See Synonyms at faithful.
- adj. Sincerely felt or expressed; unfeigned: true grief.
- adj. Fundamental; essential: his true motive.
- adj. Rightful; legitimate: the true heir.
- adj. Exactly conforming to a rule, standard, or pattern: trying to sing true B.
- adj. Accurately shaped or fitted: a true wheel.
- adj. Accurately placed, delivered, or thrown.
- adj. Quick and exact in sensing and responding.
- adj. Determined with reference to the earth's axis, not the magnetic poles: true north.
- adj. Conforming to the definitive criteria of a natural group; typical: The horseshoe crab is not a true crab.
- adj. Narrowly particularized; highly specific: spoke of probity in the truest sense of the word.
- adj. Computer Science Indicating one of two possible values taken by a variable in Boolean logic or a binary device.
- adv. In accord with reality, fact, or truthfulness.
- adv. Unswervingly; exactly: The archer aimed true.
- adv. So as to conform to a type, standard, or pattern.
- v. To position (something) so as to make it balanced, level, or square: trued up the long planks.
- n. Truth or reality. Used with the.
- n. Proper alignment or adjustment: out of true.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. in eccles. law, an expression formerly used at the end of each several article in the libel as descriptive of the charges therein contained.
- Conformable to fact; being in accordance with the actual state of things; not false, fictitious, or erroneous: as, a true story; a true statement.
- What proposition is there respecting human nature which is absolutely and universally true?
- Conformable to reason or to established rules or custom; exact; just; accurate; correct.
- Conformable to law and justice; legitimate; rightful: as, the true heir.
- Conformable to nature; natural; correct.
- In biology:
- Conforming or conformable to a type, norm, or standard of structure; typical; as, an amœba is a true animal; a canary is a true bird; the lion is a true cat; a frog or toad is not a true reptile.
- Genuine; truebred; not hybrid or mongrel: as, a true merino sheep. Also used adverbially: as, to breed true.
- Genuine; pure; real; not counterfeit, adulterated, false, or pretended.
- In anatomy, complete; perfected: as, true ribs (that is, those which articulate with the breastbone, as distinguished from false or floating ribs); the true pelvis (that part of the pelvis below the superior strait or iliopectineal line); a true corpus luteum (the complete corpus luteum of pregnancy, as distinguished from the same body unaffected by the result of conception).
- Free from falsehood; habitually speaking the truth; veracious; truthful.
- Firm or steady in adhering to promises, to friends, to one's principles, etc.; not fickle, false, or perfidious; faithful; constant; loyal.
- Honest.
- Sure; unerring; unfailing.
- Synonyms Veritable, actual. See reality.
- 8 and Sincere, honorable.
- n. Truth; fidelity.
- n. Agreement; covenant; pledge.
- n. A temporary cessation of war, according to agreement; respite from war; truce. See truce.
- To verify.
- To make true in position, form, adjustment, or the like: give a right form to; adjust nicely; put a keen, fine, or smooth edge on; make exactly straight, square, plumb, level, or the like: a workmen's term.
Wiktionary
- adj. of a statement Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct.
- adj. logic A state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result.
- adj. Loyal, faithful.
- adj. Genuine.
- adj. Legitimate.
- adj. shooting, golf, etc. Accurate; following a path toward the target.
- adv. Accurately.
- n. Truth.
- n. The state of being in alignment.
- v. To straighten.
- v. To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or the like.
- adj. Right to precision; conformable to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate.
- adj. Steady in adhering to friends, to promises, to a prince, or the like; unwavering; faithful; loyal; not false, fickle, or perfidious.
- adj. Actual; not counterfeit, adulterated, or pretended; genuine; pure; real.
- adj. (Biol.) Genuine; real; not deviating from the essential characters of a class.
- adv. In accordance with truth; truly.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. as acknowledged
- adj. determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles
- adj. not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
- adj. accurately placed or thrown
- adj. in tune; accurate in pitch
- adj. worthy of being depended on
- adj. having a legally established claim
- adj. consistent with fact or reality; not false
- adj. rightly so called
- adj. devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth
- adj. expressing or given to expressing the truth
- adj. accurately fitted; level.
- n. proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment
- v. make level, square, balanced, or concentric
- adj. conforming to definitive criteria
Etymologies
- From Middle English trewe, from Old English trīewe, (Mercian) trēowe ("trusty, faithful"), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz (compare Dutch getrouw and trouw, German treu, Swedish trygg ("safe, secure’"), from pre-Germanic *dreu̯h₂i̯os, from Proto-Indo-European *druh₂, *dreu̯h₂ ‘steady, firm’ (compare Irish dearbh ("sure"), Old Prussian druwis ("faith"), Ancient Greek droós ("firm")), extension of *dóru ‘tree’. More at tree. For semantic development, compare Latin robustus ("tough") from robur ("red oak"). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English trewe, from Old English trēowe, firm, trustworthy. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Method, in whichever light we may choose to view them, that so far from being the best or the only true Method or Process of intellectual investigation, the Inductive is far inferior to the _true Deductive_”
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
“In the following figure, P is the pole of the earth; E the pole of the ecliptic; L the pole of the lunar orbit; V the mean position of the pole of the vortex at the time; the angle ♈ EL the true longitude of the pole of the lunar orbit, equal to the _true_ longitude of the ascending node”
Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence
“All these forces had helped to make the doctrine of illicit love acceptable in these early days of the Anti-christ reign, so that it was only among the little gatherings of true Believers, that marriage was sanctified into the sacrament it had been in the _good, true_ old days.”
“I enquired of him the meaning of those affidavits --- and whether the facts therein stated were true -- to which the said Ketcham answered, that _they were true_ -- but said he did not expect it would have been made public.”
“But the patch itself, like everything else in the world of sense, is of a radically different kind from the things that are true or false, and therefore cannot properly be said to be _true_.”
“To give me a true account of all that happened at the Abbey Grange last night -- a _true_ account, mind you, with nothing added and nothing taken off.”
“If the man in question have thoughts which are socially true, _he must himself know that they are true_.”
“It is _fit_ to be true, it would be _well if it were true_, it _ought_ to be true, you presently feel.”
A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy
“She was true to him yet! he would say: yes, he used the word! he said _true!”
“We think of Him as true to His _promises_, do we think of Him, also, as _true to His threatenings_?”
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Home Sweet Home
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POL - campaign tokenisms
Positive words and vague promises. THE words and expressions to use when you want to win over the masses or just don't know what to say.
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All words of the Lisbon Treaty
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Stuffie: Love
Love and all that stuff.
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Answers
Life is full of tests and challenges--with our busy schedules, it can be hard to find the time to study. Are you a student bombarded by a pop quiz? A witness testifying about that industrial accide...
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no little thing
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Fall again
friend, deep, admiration, true, free, kiss, unmistakable
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Miscellany
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The Sog Collection
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colleen's words
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Tweets
Looking for tweets for true.

treeseed a town in West Virginia, USA Feb 26, 2008
slumry I like this as a verb, meaning to square up (in the literal sense). Jul 12, 2007