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true en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (UK) audio
  • tro͞o
  • [t̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷu̠ː]
  • /tɹjuː/ (archaic)
  • /tɹɪʊ̯/ (dialectal)
  • (US) audio
  • /tɹuː/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *drewH-der. Proto-Germanic *triwwiz Proto-West Germanic *triuwī Old English trīewe Middle English trewe English true From Middle English treowe, trew, trewe, triwe, true, trwe, from Old English trēowe, trīewe (“faithful, true”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz (“faithful, true”), from pre-Germanic *drewh₂yos, from Proto-Indo-European *drewH- (“firm, hard, true”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian trjou (“honest”), Alemannic German trüüw (“loyal”), Dutch trouw (“loyal, true”), German treu (“loyal, true”), Luxembourgish trei (“loyal”), Danish tryg (“safe, secure”), Faroese and Icelandic tryggur (“faithful, loyal; safe”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish trygg (“safe, secure”), Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍃 (triggws, “true; faithful, loyal”); also Irish dearbh (“sure”), Old Prussian druwis (“faith”), Ancient Greek δροόν (droón, “firm”)), extension of *dóru (“tree”) (possibly also Proto-Slavic *sъdorvъ (“healthy”) from the same root). More at tree. For the semantic development, compare Latin robustus (“tough”) from robur (“red oak”).

Meanings

  1. (of a statement) Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct.
    • 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. 2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
    • This is a true story.
    • 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. 1963, Margery Allingham, “Eye Witness”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 249:
    • 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. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 110:
    • 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. 2022 January 14, Jade Biggs, “This TikTok of a woman squatting in the gym is dividing people”, in Cosmopolitan, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2023:
    • 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'. 2009, Paul Cartledge, Ancient Greece: A History in Eleven Cities:
  2. (of a statement) Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct. ▸ As an ellipsis of "(while) it is true (that)", used to start a sentence
    • The “Bulletin” “denies that we have been celebrating the birth of the Australian Commonwealth. Our so-called national celebrations have been prostituted to a Jingo military carnival, glorificatory of one of the most venal and ignoble wars of the dead century.” True, but the “Bulletin” shouldn’t sing out. 1901 February 2, “Plain Words”, in The People: Official Organ of the Australian Socialist League, volume V, number 211, Sydney, N.S.W., →OCLC, page [3], column 2:
    • True, I have only read part of the book, but I like it so far.
  3. Conforming to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate.
    • a true likeness of the original
    • a true copy
    • […]making his eye, foot, and hand keep true time[…] 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter XI, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 229:
  4. Of the state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result.
    • "A and B" is true if and only if "A" is true and "B" is true.
  5. Loyal, faithful.
    • I really let you down / Next time I'll be true, yeah 1988, Womack & Womack, “Teardrops”:
    • He’s turned out to be a true friend.
  6. Genuine; legitimate; valid; sensu stricto.
    • The true king has returned!
    • The Harpe. […] A harper with his wreſt maye tune the harpe wrong / Mys tunyng of an Inſtrument ſhal hurt a true ſonge 1568, William Cornysh, “In the Fleete Made by Me William Cornishe …”, in John Skelton, edited by J[ohn] S[tow], Pithy Pleasaunt and Profitable Workes of Maister Skelton, Poete Laureate, Imprinted at London: In Fletestreate, neare vnto Saint Dunstones Churche by Thomas Marshe, →OCLC; republished as Pithy Pleasaunt and Profitable Workes of Maister Skelton, Poete Laureate to King Henry the VIIIth, London: Printed for C. Davis in Pater-noster Row, 1736, →OCLC, page 290:
    • The Washington Monument is often described as an obelisk, and sometimes even as a “true obelisk,” even though it is not. A true obelisk is a monolith, a pylon formed out of a single piece of stone. 2012 January 14, Henry Petroski, “The Washington Monument”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 16:
    • This is true Parmesan cheese — it is from the Parma region.
  7. Genuine; legitimate; valid; sensu stricto. ▸ Used in the designation of group of species, or sometimes a single species, to indicate that it belongs to the clade its common name (which may be more broadly scoped in common speech) is restricted to in technical speech, or to distinguish it from a similar species, the latter of which may be called false.
    • The true bugs are those of the order Hemiptera; and, by some lights, most truly those of the suborder Heteroptera.
    • true sparrows (Passer)
    • true spiders
    • true blusher (Amanita rubescens, as distinguished from the false blusher, Amanita pantherina)
  8. (of an aim or missile in archery, qualifier:shooting, usually) Accurate; following a path toward the target.
    • Whate'er the weapon, still his aim was true, Nor e'er in vain the fatal bullet flew. 1801, Mrs. Cowley, “The siege of Acre”, in The British Critic, volumes 17-18, page 521:
    • I held my breath and struck the ball. My aim was true, but I didn't give the damn thing enough gas. It died three feet from the cup. 2008, Carl Hiaasen, The downhill lie: a hacker's return to a ruinous sport, page 188:
  9. (of a mechanical part) Correctly aligned or calibrated, without deviation.
    • Is my bike wheel true? It feels unsteady.
    • Brakes need good braking surfaces and true wheels to work properly. 2013, Guy Andrews, Complete Road Bike Maintenance, first edition, London: Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 139:
  10. Fair, unbiased, not loaded.
    • Finally, the truest measure of quality: In interconference games, Western teams have a 57-38 record against the East, including overtime and penalty shootout results — a winning percentage of .600. 2007 January 21, Jeff Z. Klein, Karl-Eric Reif, “In the N.H.L., East Is East and West Is West”, in The New York Times:
    • In fact, few profit margins can be predicted with such reliability as those provided by a true roulette wheel or other game of chance. 2006, Judith A. Baer, Leslie Friedman Goldstein, The Constitutional and Legal Rights of Women: Cases in Law and Social Change, →ISBN:
    • Let Z#95;t be twice the value of a true die shown on the t-th toss. 1990, William W. S. Wei, Time Series Analysis, →ISBN, page 8:
    • We do not reject, because 9 heads and 3 tails is in a set of reasonably likely results when we toss a true coin. 2012, Peter Sprent, Applied Nonparametric Statistical Methods, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 5:
  11. (of a literary genre) based on actual historical events.
    • true crime
    • [A] skinny blonde of about twenty sitting in an armchair by an electric fire reading a true romance magazine. 1965, James Holledge, What Makes a Call Girl?, London: Horwitz Publications, page 69:
    • true romance

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
truer Degree=Cmp lexicographic
truest Degree=Sup lexicographic
trew alternative, obsolete lexicographic
tru Internet, alternative lexicographic
troo alternative, nonstandard lexicographic
tr00 Internet, Leet, alternative lexicographic
more true Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most true Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

nontrue · bastard · made up · nonfactual · pseudo- · inaccurate · incorrect · fallacious · nontruthful · false · unveracious · counterfeit · untrue · bastard · counterfeit · nontruthful · false · erroneous · untrue · invented · off · counterfactual · incorrect · counterfactual · fictitious · wrong · false · erroneous · invented · nontrue · untrue · untrue · wrong · pseudo- · off · untruthful · fallacious · unveridical · nonfactual · unveridical · false · spurious · inaccurate · fictitious · untruthful · made up · spurious · unveracious

Deriveds

t. b. syndrome (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true daikon (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · breed true (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true rhyme (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true that (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · t. colors (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true frog (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true as I stand here (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · truesome (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true leaf (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true muonium (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true to type (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · all rumors are true (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true civet (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true yeast (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · truish (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · one true brace style (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true to oneself (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true bug (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · too good to be true (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true crime (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · dream come true (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true-bred (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · troth (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true stripes (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · to thine own self be true (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · ring true (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true or false (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · for real and for true (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true say (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · t.-l.-knot (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · trill (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · Truebie (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true friend (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true lover's knot (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true density (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true to one's colors (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true to life (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true seal (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true ending (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · True North (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true spider (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true-hearted (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · truesona (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · True Cross (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true deer (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true lemur (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · throw true (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true weevil (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true time (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true thrush (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · hold true (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true dat (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true neutral (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true color (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true tanager (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true crab (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · truelove (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · …I'm standing here (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · overtrue (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true believer → true-believer (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true bearing (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · supertrue (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true laurel (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · trueful (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true-born (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true jellyfish (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true-or-false (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · trueism (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · come true (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · dream true (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true vocal cord (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true melon (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · nontrue (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true to one's word (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true as a die (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true name (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · colours (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true stress (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true bill (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true cobra (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · twelve good men and true (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true sole (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true oxlip (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · truecel (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true up (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true grit (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true-false (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · tried and true (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · retrue (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · tralse (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true to seed (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true blue (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · three true outcomes (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true sparrow (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true yam (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · the course of true love never did run smooth (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true north (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true airspeed (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true rib (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true anomaly (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · truly (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · trululu (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · stripes (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · trueborn (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true-penny (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · no true Scotsman fallacy (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · truetone (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true love → true-love knot (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true to form (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true strain (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true toad (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · show one's true colors (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true-life (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · huge if true (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true-blue (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true mahogany (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true bandicoot (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · trueness (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true copy (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · big if true (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · truism (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · true flycatcher (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · truehood (Terms derived from true (adjective)) · semitrue (Terms derived from true (adjective))

Relateds

truth

Synonyms

lubish · legitimate · undissembled · genuine · unadulterated · unfeigned · true · legit · veritable · legitimate · authentic · bona fide · unfaked · uncounterfeited · unadulterated · valid · valid · true · bona fide · factual · authentic · rightful · bona fide · veritable · true · sterling · non-fake · precise · undissembled · non-fake · acceptable · unfeigned · real · bona fide · real · sterling · legit · lubish · rulable · real · pukka · legit · permissible · allowable · actual · actual · leveful · genuine · pukka · real · legitimate · real · factual · uncounterfeited · real · licit · unfaked · legitimate

Translations (338)

tyz ca rại (concurring with a given set of facts) · no ekte (genuine, legitimate) · arz حقيقي (concurring with a given set of facts) · cmn(state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result) · hy իրական (genuine, legitimate) · om dhugaa (loyal, faithful) · grc πιστός (loyal, faithful) · mn үнэн (concurring with a given set of facts) · ja 本物の (genuine, legitimate) · fi tosi (state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result) · vi đích thực (genuine, legitimate) · es verdadero (state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result) · sh zakonito (genuine, legitimate) · fr vrai (loyal, faithful) · uk і́стинний (concurring with a given set of facts) · uk ві́рний (loyal, faithful) · bo དྲང་པོ (loyal, faithful) · ru ве́рный (concurring with a given set of facts) · de effektiv (genuine, legitimate) · my ဟုတ် (concurring with a given set of facts) · bo ལུགས་མཐུན (genuine, legitimate) · ja 忠誠な (loyal, faithful) · cs pravý (genuine, legitimate) · cs pravdivý (concurring with a given set of facts) · txb empreṃ (concurring with a given set of facts) · ar حَقِيقِيّ (genuine, legitimate) · tr gerçek (genuine, legitimate) · az əsl (genuine, legitimate) · izh tosi (concurring with a given set of facts) · el πιστός (loyal, faithful) · scn veru (concurring with a given set of facts) · fi oikea (genuine, legitimate) · eo vera (concurring with a given set of facts) · ur سچ (concurring with a given set of facts) · arc שרירתא (concurring with a given set of facts) · wa vraiy (concurring with a given set of facts) · ast verdaderu (concurring with a given set of facts) · as আচল (concurring with a given set of facts) · am እውነተኛ (genuine, legitimate) · es cierto (concurring with a given set of facts) · el αληθινός (concurring with a given set of facts) · fr vrai (genuine, legitimate) · de wahr (genuine, legitimate) · es verídico (concurring with a given set of facts) · sl resnično (state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result) · hu eredeti (genuine, legitimate) · ccc akachelo'ta (concurring with a given set of facts) · ru и́стинный (genuine, legitimate) · th จริง (state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result) · fa درست (state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result) · ko 바르다 (genuine, legitimate) · lv īsts (genuine, legitimate) · sv sann (loyal, faithful) · sh pravi (concurring with a given set of facts) · pt verdadeiro (concurring with a given set of facts) · lmo ver (concurring with a given set of facts) · fr véritable (genuine, legitimate) · bg правди́в (concurring with a given set of facts) · arc שרירתא (loyal, faithful) · fj dina (concurring with a given set of facts) · grc ἀληθής (concurring with a given set of facts) · ta விசுவாசமான (loyal, faithful) · pt legítimo (genuine, legitimate) · gl verdadeiro (concurring with a given set of facts) · de richtig (concurring with a given set of facts) · is sannur (concurring with a given set of facts) · he נכון (concurring with a given set of facts) · az həqiqi (genuine, legitimate) · chr ᎤᏙᎯᏳ (concurring with a given set of facts) · fur vêr (concurring with a given set of facts) · fi tosi- (loyal, faithful) · gd fìor (concurring with a given set of facts) · hu valódi (genuine, legitimate) · txb trik- (concurring with a given set of facts) · tet loos (concurring with a given set of facts) · pt verdadeiro (state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result) · hy իսկական (genuine, legitimate) · sv trogen (loyal, faithful) · nl trouw (loyal, faithful) · pl prawdziwy (state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result) · grc ὤν (concurring with a given set of facts) · ca veritable (concurring with a given set of facts) · be праўдзі́вы (concurring with a given set of facts) · lv patiess (concurring with a given set of facts) · de wahr (loyal, faithful) · ro sincer (loyal, faithful) · no tro (loyal, faithful) · grc ἐτήτυμος (concurring with a given set of facts) · vo veratik (state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result) · ab аиаша (concurring with a given set of facts) · ca vertader (concurring with a given set of facts) · bo བདེན་པ (state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result) · pl prawdziwy (genuine, legitimate) · ur صحیح (concurring with a given set of facts) · nl waar (concurring with a given set of facts) · es vero (concurring with a given set of facts) · tr sadık (loyal, faithful) · hi सही (concurring with a given set of facts) · ko 참되다 (genuine, legitimate) · css amane (concurring with a given set of facts) · fi tosi (concurring with a given set of facts) · grc ἐτεός (concurring with a given set of facts) · ru тру (genuine, legitimate) · ang sōþ (concurring with a given set of facts) · hy իրական (concurring with a given set of facts) · hu hűséges (loyal, faithful) · arc ܫܪܝܪܬܐ (loyal, faithful) · tl tunay (genuine, legitimate) · grc ἔτυμος (concurring with a given set of facts) · el νόμιμος (genuine, legitimate) · km ពិត (concurring with a given set of facts) · el αληθινός (loyal, faithful) · ga fíor (state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result) · la verus (genuine, legitimate) · ru ве́рный (loyal, faithful) · bg ве́рен (concurring with a given set of facts) · cmn 忠貞 /忠贞 (loyal, faithful) · vo veratik (concurring with a given set of facts) · sh pravo (concurring with a given set of facts) · de stimmig (concurring with a given set of facts) · ur ٹھیک (concurring with a given set of facts) · ga fíor (concurring with a given set of facts) · sh istinito (concurring with a given set of facts) · hi सच (concurring with a given set of facts) · sv äkta (genuine, legitimate) · ru и́стинный (state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result) · sv sann (state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result) · ro adevărat (concurring with a given set of facts) · ca vertader (state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result) · cmn(concurring with a given set of facts) · es verdadero (loyal, faithful) · bo ལུགས་མཐུན་དྲང་བདེན་གྱི (genuine, legitimate) · tr gerçek (concurring with a given set of facts) · ka ნამდვილი (concurring with a given set of facts) · az düzgün (concurring with a given set of facts) · uk правди́вий (concurring with a given set of facts) · sh istinito (state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result) · fr véritable (loyal, faithful) · ko 바르다 (concurring with a given set of facts) · nl waar (state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result) · fr vrai (concurring with a given set of facts) · de wahrhaftig (genuine, legitimate) · tl totoo (concurring with a given set of facts) · cy gwir (concurring with a given set of facts) · or ଠିକ (concurring with a given set of facts) · te హక్కుదారుడు (genuine, legitimate) · tyz cà rình (concurring with a given set of facts) · el αυθεντικός (genuine, legitimate) · ang ġetrīewe (loyal, faithful) · arc שרירא (concurring with a given set of facts) · pms ver (concurring with a given set of facts) · de rechtmäßig (genuine, legitimate) · ru ве́рный (state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result) · hy ճիշտ (concurring with a given set of facts) · lv īstens (genuine, legitimate) · hy իրական (state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result) · pl prawdziwy (concurring with a given set of facts) · ba ысын (concurring with a given set of facts) · de wahr (state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result) · mrw betol (concurring with a given set of facts) · bo ཁྲིམས་མཐུན (genuine, legitimate) · de wahrhaftig (concurring with a given set of facts) · ar حَقٌّ (loyal, faithful) · bg верен (loyal, faithful) · de tatsächlich (genuine, legitimate) · mrw benar (concurring with a given set of facts) · sq vërtetuar (concurring with a given set of facts) · la firmus (loyal, faithful) · te విశ్వాస పాత్రుడు (loyal, faithful) · bg предан (loyal, faithful) · gd fìor (genuine, legitimate) · mww tseeb (concurring with a given set of facts) · cmn 忠誠 /忠诚 (loyal, faithful) · es verdadero (concurring with a given set of facts) · he חיובי (state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result) · zdj -a kweli (loyal, faithful) · de eigentlich (genuine, legitimate) · az doğru (concurring with a given set of facts) · arc שרירא (loyal, faithful) · la verus (loyal, faithful) · no sann (genuine, legitimate) · ko 참되다 (concurring with a given set of facts) · qu chiqa (concurring with a given set of facts) · ar صَادِق (concurring with a given set of facts) · sl resničen (concurring with a given set of facts) · de treu (loyal, faithful) · fa راستین (genuine, legitimate) · nl waar (genuine, legitimate) · ang sōþ (genuine, legitimate) · pt verdadeiro (loyal, faithful) · mrw totoo (concurring with a given set of facts) · uk ві́рний (concurring with a given set of facts) · pl istny (concurring with a given set of facts) · sv sann (genuine, legitimate) · ru правди́вый (state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result) · am እውነተኛ (concurring with a given set of facts) · gl verdadeiro (genuine, legitimate) · ro fidel (loyal, faithful) · ru правди́вый (concurring with a given set of facts) · de echt (genuine, legitimate) · arc ܫܪܝܪܬܐ (concurring with a given set of facts) · ko 진실의 (concurring with a given set of facts) · th จริง (concurring with a given set of facts) · ka მართალი (concurring with a given set of facts) · ja(state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result) · ms benar (concurring with a given set of facts) · fi tosi- (concurring with a given set of facts) · sh istinito (genuine, legitimate) · te నిష్కపటం (genuine, legitimate) · oc vertadièr (concurring with a given set of facts) · az həqiqi (concurring with a given set of facts) · vec vero (concurring with a given set of facts) · ga fíor (genuine, legitimate) · ca legítim (genuine, legitimate) · pt verdadeiro (genuine, legitimate) · ja 真実の (concurring with a given set of facts) · ca autèntic (genuine, legitimate) · tpi tru (genuine, legitimate) · ota كرچك (concurring with a given set of facts) · el αληθής (state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result) · ru и́стина (state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result) · cmn 忠實 /忠实 (loyal, faithful) · fi aito (genuine, legitimate) · mfe vre (concurring with a given set of facts) · yi אמתדיק (concurring with a given set of facts) · fi totuudenmukainen (concurring with a given set of facts) · ko 바르다 (loyal, faithful) · gd dìleas (loyal, faithful) · hu(loyal, faithful) · zza raştıkên (concurring with a given set of facts) · hu igaz (state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result) · cy gwir (genuine, legitimate) · tpi tru (concurring with a given set of facts) · ru лоя́льный (loyal, faithful) · vi thật (concurring with a given set of facts) · yi אמת (concurring with a given set of facts) · de echt (loyal, faithful) · vo legik (genuine, legitimate) · sa जेन्य (genuine, legitimate) · sh veran (loyal, faithful) · de wahr (concurring with a given set of facts) · got 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍃 (loyal, faithful) · sv sann (concurring with a given set of facts) · sh istinski (genuine, legitimate) · ace beuna (concurring with a given set of facts) · hu igazi (genuine, legitimate) · ru и́стинный (concurring with a given set of facts) · la legitimus (genuine, legitimate) · ka ნამდვილი (genuine, legitimate) · ro adevărat (genuine, legitimate) · bg и́стински (concurring with a given set of facts) · ca vertader (loyal, faithful) · eu egiazko (concurring with a given set of facts) · mi pono (concurring with a given set of facts) · grc ὀρθός (concurring with a given set of facts) · ko 참되다 (loyal, faithful) · cmn 真實 /真实 (concurring with a given set of facts) · no trofast (loyal, faithful) · ru тру́шный (genuine, legitimate) · da sand (concurring with a given set of facts) · hi ठीक (concurring with a given set of facts) · it vero (concurring with a given set of facts) · eo fidela (loyal, faithful) · fi laillinen (genuine, legitimate) · es verífico (concurring with a given set of facts) · hu hiteles (genuine, legitimate) · de korrekt (concurring with a given set of facts) · ota كرچك (genuine, legitimate) · grc ἀληθινός (concurring with a given set of facts) · syl ꠢꠣꠌꠣ (concurring with a given set of facts) · et päris (concurring with a given set of facts) · bho सांच (concurring with a given set of facts) · ka ჭეშმარიტი (concurring with a given set of facts) · la vērus (state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result) · fa درست (concurring with a given set of facts) · no sann (state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result) · la vērus (concurring with a given set of facts) · ru по́длинный (genuine, legitimate) · vi phải (concurring with a given set of facts) · id benar (concurring with a given set of facts) · br gwir (concurring with a given set of facts) · ro loial (loyal, faithful) · bg действителен (genuine, legitimate) · chk ennet (concurring with a given set of facts) · mba bunal (concurring with a given set of facts) · cs pravdivý (state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result) · de zutreffend (concurring with a given set of facts) · sh istinit (concurring with a given set of facts) · km ពិតមែន (concurring with a given set of facts) · sh iskren (genuine, legitimate) · as সঁচা (concurring with a given set of facts) · ja 忠実な (loyal, faithful) · kw gwir (concurring with a given set of facts) · fa صحیح (concurring with a given set of facts) · hu igaz (concurring with a given set of facts) · pt autêntico (genuine, legitimate) · ca propi (genuine, legitimate) · ca genuí (genuine, legitimate) · got 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌹𐍃 (concurring with a given set of facts) · ru настоя́щий (genuine, legitimate) · de legitim (genuine, legitimate) · bg истински (genuine, legitimate) · hy հավատարիմ (loyal, faithful) · el αληθινός (genuine, legitimate) · fr vrai (state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result) · ba ысын (genuine, legitimate) · ro adevărat (state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result) · he נאמן (loyal, faithful) · sc beru (concurring with a given set of facts) · et tõeline (concurring with a given set of facts) · ill benar (concurring with a given set of facts) · sl resnica (state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result) · bo བདེན་པ (concurring with a given set of facts) · ja 本当な (concurring with a given set of facts) · ar صَحِيح (concurring with a given set of facts) · pam tutu (concurring with a given set of facts) · arc ܫܪܝܪܐ (concurring with a given set of facts) · ht vre (concurring with a given set of facts) · be ве́рны (concurring with a given set of facts) · arc ܫܪܝܪܐ (loyal, faithful) · ta உண்மையான (concurring with a given set of facts) · de wahrheitsgemäß (concurring with a given set of facts) · tr doğru (state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result) · ca cert (state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result) · de echt (concurring with a given set of facts) · nl echt (genuine, legitimate) · ja 正統な (genuine, legitimate) · ko(state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result) · ba тоғро (loyal, faithful) · cmn 真正 (genuine, legitimate) · ar حَقّ (concurring with a given set of facts) · nl echt (concurring with a given set of facts) · hu igaz (loyal, faithful) · be сапра́ўдны (concurring with a given set of facts) · fi todellinen (genuine, legitimate) · ru пре́данный (loyal, faithful) · vo ritöfik (loyal, faithful) · mww tseeb (genuine, legitimate)

true en · ADV · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (UK) audio
  • tro͞o
  • [t̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷu̠ː]
  • /tɹjuː/ (archaic)
  • /tɹɪʊ̯/ (dialectal)
  • (US) audio
  • /tɹuː/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *drewH-der. Proto-Germanic *triwwiz Proto-West Germanic *triuwī Old English trīewe Middle English trewe English true From Middle English treowe, trew, trewe, triwe, true, trwe, from Old English trēowe, trīewe (“faithful, true”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz (“faithful, true”), from pre-Germanic *drewh₂yos, from Proto-Indo-European *drewH- (“firm, hard, true”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian trjou (“honest”), Alemannic German trüüw (“loyal”), Dutch trouw (“loyal, true”), German treu (“loyal, true”), Luxembourgish trei (“loyal”), Danish tryg (“safe, secure”), Faroese and Icelandic tryggur (“faithful, loyal; safe”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish trygg (“safe, secure”), Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍃 (triggws, “true; faithful, loyal”); also Irish dearbh (“sure”), Old Prussian druwis (“faith”), Ancient Greek δροόν (droón, “firm”)), extension of *dóru (“tree”) (possibly also Proto-Slavic *sъdorvъ (“healthy”) from the same root). More at tree. For the semantic development, compare Latin robustus (“tough”) from robur (“red oak”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, of shooting, qualifier:throwing etc) Accurately; in alignment.
    • Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. 2013 May-June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:
    • If the tyre doesn't run true (it wobbles as you spin the wheel), re-seat it by letting most of the air out and pulling the tyre away from the bead. 2013, Guy Andrews, Complete Road Bike Maintenance, first edition, London: Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 81:
    • This gun shoots true.
  2. (archaic, not-comparable) Truthfully.
    • I tel you true my hart is ſwolne with wrath, On this ſame theeuish villain Tamburlain. c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene ii:
    • What am I to you? Tell me, darling, true. 2004, Norah Jones, “What Am I to You?”, in Feels like Home:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
tr00 Internet, Leet, alternative lexicographic
trew alternative, obsolete lexicographic
troo alternative, nonstandard lexicographic
tru Internet, alternative lexicographic

Translations (17)

de reinerbig (accurately) · sq vërtetë (accurately) · fi tarkkaan (accurately) · de akkurat (accurately) · fi tarkasti (accurately) · de genau (accurately) · de klangtreu (accurately) · mww tseeb (accurately) · bg точно (accurately) · ja 正確に (accurately) · bg вярно (accurately) · de reinrassig (accurately) · cs přesně (accurately) · hu pontosan (accurately) · hu szabályosan (accurately) · hu helyesen (accurately) · ka მართლად (accurately)

true en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (UK) audio
  • tro͞o
  • [t̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷu̠ː]
  • /tɹjuː/ (archaic)
  • /tɹɪʊ̯/ (dialectal)
  • (US) audio
  • /tɹuː/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *drewH-der. Proto-Germanic *triwwiz Proto-West Germanic *triuwī Old English trīewe Middle English trewe English true From Middle English treowe, trew, trewe, triwe, true, trwe, from Old English trēowe, trīewe (“faithful, true”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz (“faithful, true”), from pre-Germanic *drewh₂yos, from Proto-Indo-European *drewH- (“firm, hard, true”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian trjou (“honest”), Alemannic German trüüw (“loyal”), Dutch trouw (“loyal, true”), German treu (“loyal, true”), Luxembourgish trei (“loyal”), Danish tryg (“safe, secure”), Faroese and Icelandic tryggur (“faithful, loyal; safe”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish trygg (“safe, secure”), Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍃 (triggws, “true; faithful, loyal”); also Irish dearbh (“sure”), Old Prussian druwis (“faith”), Ancient Greek δροόν (droón, “firm”)), extension of *dóru (“tree”) (possibly also Proto-Slavic *sъdorvъ (“healthy”) from the same root). More at tree. For the semantic development, compare Latin robustus (“tough”) from robur (“red oak”).

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The state of being in alignment.
    • She clapped her hands happily, and he thought how pretty she was really, that is, the upper part of her face—from the bridge of the nose down she was somewhat out of true. 1922, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, “(please specify the page)”, in Tales of the Jazz Age, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC:
    • Some toolmakers are very careless when drilling the first hole through work that is to be bored, claiming that if the drilled hole comes out of true somewhat it can be brought true with the boring tool. 1904, Lester Gray French, Machinery, volume 10:
    • The crate shifted on its pallet, out of sync now. As the lift withdrew, the crate skidded with it, dragged by friction and gravity, skewing farther and farther from true. 1988, Lois McMaster Bujold, Falling Free, Baen Publishing,, →ISBN, page 96:
    • The strength and number of blows depends on how far out of true the shafts are. 1994, Bruce Palmer, How to Restore Your Harley-Davidson:
  2. (obsolete, uncountable) Truth.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
trew alternative, obsolete lexicographic
troo alternative, nonstandard lexicographic
tr00 Internet, Leet, alternative lexicographic
tru Internet, alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

out of true · in true

Translations (5)

de Zentrierung (state of being in alignment) · de Justierung (state of being in alignment) · de Ausrichtung (state of being in alignment) · ko(state of being in alignment) · de Justage (state of being in alignment)

true en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (UK) audio
  • tro͞o
  • [t̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷu̠ː]
  • /tɹjuː/ (archaic)
  • /tɹɪʊ̯/ (dialectal)
  • (US) audio
  • /tɹuː/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *drewH-der. Proto-Germanic *triwwiz Proto-West Germanic *triuwī Old English trīewe Middle English trewe English true From Middle English treowe, trew, trewe, triwe, true, trwe, from Old English trēowe, trīewe (“faithful, true”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz (“faithful, true”), from pre-Germanic *drewh₂yos, from Proto-Indo-European *drewH- (“firm, hard, true”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian trjou (“honest”), Alemannic German trüüw (“loyal”), Dutch trouw (“loyal, true”), German treu (“loyal, true”), Luxembourgish trei (“loyal”), Danish tryg (“safe, secure”), Faroese and Icelandic tryggur (“faithful, loyal; safe”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish trygg (“safe, secure”), Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍃 (triggws, “true; faithful, loyal”); also Irish dearbh (“sure”), Old Prussian druwis (“faith”), Ancient Greek δροόν (droón, “firm”)), extension of *dóru (“tree”) (possibly also Proto-Slavic *sъdorvъ (“healthy”) from the same root). More at tree. For the semantic development, compare Latin robustus (“tough”) from robur (“red oak”).

Meanings

  1. To straighten (something that is supposed to be straight).
    • He trued the spokes of the bicycle wheel.
    • Don't attempt to true a wheel until you've a good idea what is causing the buckle. 2013, Guy Andrews, Complete Road Bike Maintenance, first edition, London: Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 54:
  2. To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust (often followed by up).
    • We spent all night truing up the report.

Forms

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trueing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
troo alternative, nonstandard lexicographic
trues Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
trew alternative, obsolete lexicographic
truing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tr00 Internet, Leet, alternative lexicographic
tru Internet, alternative lexicographic
trued Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
trued Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

true-up

Translations (30)

de richten (straighten) · te సరిచేయు (straighten) · nl rechttrekken (straighten) · sv rikta (straighten) · de berichtigen (straighten) · de ebnen (straighten) · nl rechtzetten (straighten) · sv räta (straighten) · el αληθεύει (straighten) · ja 正しく調整する (straighten) · bg изправям (straighten) · pt endireitar (straighten) · bg оправям (straighten) · hu centríroz (straighten) · hu centíroz (straighten) · de begradigen (straighten) · de einebnen (straighten) · de glätten (straighten) · ja 正確に形作る (straighten) · sq vërtetoj (straighten) · de einstellen (straighten) · de ausrichten (straighten) · de zurichten (straighten) · fr centrer (straighten) · fi suoristaa (straighten) · de zentrieren (straighten) · de justieren (straighten) · de korrigieren (straighten) · bo ཚད་མཉམ་བཟོ (straighten) · bo དྲང་པོ་བཟོ (straighten)

true en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Variant of truce.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) A pledge or truce.

Forms

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trues Number=Plur lexicographic