True

/tɹuː/ · adjective

Meaning

(of a statement) Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct..

Definitions by Sense

1. (of a statement) Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct.
2. Conforming to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate.
3. (logic) Of the state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result.
4. Loyal, faithful.
5. Genuine; legitimate; valid; sensu stricto.
6. (of an aim or missile in archery, shooting, golf, etc.) Accurate; following a path toward the target.
7. (of a mechanical part) Correctly aligned or calibrated, without deviation.
8. (chiefly probability) Fair, unbiased, not loaded.

Example Sentences

This is a true story.

The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Now she had come to look upon the matter in its true proportions, and her anticipation of a possible chance of teaching him a lesson was a pleasure to behold.

The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.

At any rate, this does tend to put in truer perspective the symbolic claim placed by Herodotus in the mouth of 'the Athenians'—also Ionians—in 480/479, that the fact of being Greek was constituted in essential part by 'same-bloodedness'.

Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.[…]One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful.

As the is it gold is it blue? dress moment proved all too well, dividing opinion on social media is really not that hard. And, when it comes to GymTok, that couldn't be truer.

a true copy

a true likeness of the original

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Word Forms

• truer
• more true
• truest
• most true
• trew
• trewe
• troo
• tr00
• trues
• trueing
• truing
• trued

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