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truth en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /tɹuːθ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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  • (Received-Pronunciation) audio
  • /tɹuθ/ (General-American)
  • tro͞oth (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *drewH-der. Proto-Germanic *triwwiz Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂der. Proto-Germanic *-iþō Proto-Germanic *triwwiþō Old English trēowþ Middle English trouthe English truth Inherited from Middle English trouthe, from Old English trēowþ, from Proto-Germanic *triwwiþō, from *triwwiz + *-iþō. By surface analysis, true + -th. Doublet of troth. Cognate with Norwegian trygd (“trustworthiness, security, insurance”), Icelandic tryggð (“loyalty, fidelity”).

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality.
    • The truth depends on, and is only arrived at, by a legitimate deduction from all the facts which are truly material. 1831 December 27, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “Beauty—Genius”, in H[enry] N[elson] C[oleridge], editor, Specimens of the Table Talk of the Late Samuel Taylor Coleridge. […], volume II, London: John Murray, […], published 1835, →OCLC, page 19:
    • The truth is that our leaders knew a lot more than they were letting on.
    • The truth is that [Isaac] Newton was very much a product of his time. The colossus of science was not the first king of reason, Keynes wrote after reading Newton’s unpublished manuscripts. Instead “he was the last of the magicians”. 2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2018:
  2. (uncountable, usually) Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy.
    • As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds. 2012 January 14, Robert M. Pringle, “How to Be Manipulative”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 31:
    • There was some truth in his statement that he had no other choice.
  3. (uncountable, usually) The state or quality of being true to someone or something.
    • Truth to one's own feelings is all-important in life.
  4. (archaic, uncountable, usually) Faithfulness, fidelity.
    • Alas! they had been friends in youth; / But whispering tongues can poison truth; […] 1800, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “Christabel. Part II.”, in Christabel: Kubla Khan, a Vision: The Pains of Sleep, London: […] John Murray, […], by William Bulmer and Co. […], published 1816, →OCLC, page 32:
  5. (obsolete, uncountable, usually) A pledge of loyalty or faith.
  6. (uncountable, usually) Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, model, etc.
    • Ploughs, […] to make them go true, […] depends much upon the truth of the ironwork. 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC:
    • The process of grinding is, in fact, regarded as indispensable wherever truth is required, yet that of scraping is calculated to produce a higher degree of truth than has ever been attained by grinding. 1840, Joseph Whitworth, A Paper on Plane Metallic Surfaces or True Planes:
  7. (uncountable, usually) That which is real, in a deeper sense; spiritual or ‘genuine’ reality.
    • Alcoholism and redemption led me finally to truth.
    • "Beauty is truth, truth beauty,"—that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. 1819 May, John Keats, “Ode on a Grecian Urn”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], published 1820, →OCLC, stanza 5, page 116:
    • The truth is what is.
  8. (countable, usually) Something acknowledged to be true; a true statement or axiom.
    • It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:
    • Hunger and jealousy are just eternal truths of human existence.
  9. (dated, uncountable, usually) Topness; the property of a truth quark.
  10. (uncountable, usually) In the game truth or dare, the choice to truthfully answer a question put forth.
    • When asked truth or dare, he picked truth.

Forms

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truths Number=Plur lexicographic
trewth alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Antonyms

untruth · falseness · falsehood · drivel · nonsense · falsity · lie · half-truth

Coordinates

verisimilitude · truthiness

Deriveds

post-truth · sneeze on the truth · truthteller · truthiness · vacuous truth · truthaphobia · truthmaker · truthly · live one's truth · truth is stranger than fiction · in truth · plain truth · bend the truth · truthmaking · truth or dare · tell the truth · truthseeker · the truth is in the wine · truth quotient · semitruth · half-truth · truthlike · God's truth · truthful · tell you the truth · truth value · truthsome · first truth · trickle truth · truth drug · ain't that the truth · God honest truth · truth window · truth function · antitruth · truthen · troof · truthwards · nugget of truth · truth commission · race of truth · truth table · truth book · moment of truth · economical with the truth · stretch the truth · a lie can run around the world before the truth can get its boots on · in wine, there is truth · nothing could be farther from the truth · Spirit of Truth · there's a grain of truth in every joke · truthbearer · talk truth to power · truth squad · truthism · grain of truth · truth quark · truthophobia · countertruth · truthology · ground truth · truth be told · mistruth · truthward · truth tree · Gospel truth · tell-truth · speak truth to power · truth nuke · kernel of truth · biotruth · truthness · home truth · truthy · trutherism · naked truth · trvke · ring of truth · nontruth · it's the truth, Ruth · of a truth · to tell you the truth · Truth or Consequences · truther · hard truth · truth serum · truthify · God's honest truth · if truth be told · to tell the truth · truth lies at the bottom of a well · nothing could be further from the truth · truth bomb · truthless · supertruth · truth-telling · National Day for Truth and Reconciliation · gospel truth · truth will out · truth to tell

Relateds

untrue · post-truth · true

Synonyms

straight goods · veracity · verity · veraciousness · truth · veridicality

Translations (518)

vo fied (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · pt verdade (conformity to fact or reality) · et tõde (true facts) · cs pravda (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · scn virità (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · be пра́ўда (conformity to fact or reality) · cs pravda (true facts) · scn virtati (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · nap verdate (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · izh tosi (true facts) · my အမှန်တရား (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · ota كرچك (that which is real) · tk hakykat (conformity to fact or reality) · te వాస్తవ సంఘటన (true facts) · et tõsi (something acknowledged to be true) · ga fírinne (conformity to fact or reality) · yi אמת (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · am እውነት (true facts) · et tõde (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · yi נאמנות (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · rup delihea (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · pdt Woarheit (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · ha gaskiya (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · uk пра́вда (true facts) · cmn 事實 /事实 (true facts) · sl resnica (conformity to fact or reality) · lv taisnība (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · ady шъыпкъэ (conformity to fact or reality) · tg ҳақиқат (conformity to fact or reality) · yi נאמנות (true facts) · ug ھەقىقەت (conformity to fact or reality) · gd fìrinn (conformity to fact or reality) · pt juramento (pledge of loyalty or faith) · ms kebenaran (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · ab аиашара (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · is sannleikur (conformity to fact or reality) · egy U2:mAa-a:t:Y1 (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · rmq chachipén (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · uk пра́вда (conformity to fact or reality) · sc beridadi (true facts) · unm shàxahkaptunakàn (true facts) · cs skutečnost (that which is real) · is sannleikur (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · cs věrnost (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · rmq chachipén (true facts) · ps رښتيا (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · hy ճշմարտություն (that which is real) · cs pravda (that which is real) · grc ἀλήθεια (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · an verdat (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · sa तथ्य (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · rm vardet (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · lt teisybė (something acknowledged to be true) · pt verdades (that which is real) · ru действи́тельность (that which is real) · bg вя́рност (pledge of loyalty or faith) · fi totuus (that which is real) · ko 진실 (true facts) · bua үнэн (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · fo sannleiki (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · ru пра́вда (conformity to fact or reality) · sd سچ پچ (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · ur سَچ (true facts) · cs pravda (something acknowledged to be true) · fi todenmukaisuus (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · et tõde (conformity to fact or reality) · prs حَقِیقَت (true facts) · mk вистина (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · yi וואָרהײַט (conformity to fact or reality) · ar حَقِيقَة (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · bn হকিকত (conformity to fact or reality) · vo verat (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · ko 진실 (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · hi सच (conformity to fact or reality) · oc vertat (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · pl prawda (conformity to fact or reality) · ota كرچك (something acknowledged to be true) · ru пра́вда (true facts) · lv tiesa (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · ja 真理 (that which is real) · bn হক (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · yi אמת (true facts) · nrf véthité (true facts) · ro adevăr (true facts) · sh vjérnōst (pledge of loyalty or faith) · lv patiesība (conformity to fact or reality) · vo veratod (something acknowledged to be true) · ro adevăr (that which is real) · os раст (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · ur حَقِیقَت (true facts) · sq e vërteta (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · de Treue (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · ky чындык (conformity to fact or reality) · eo veraĵo (true facts) · as সঁচা (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · kbd пэж (true facts) · scn virtà (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · yi האמת (that which is real) · sa सत्यता (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · vo verat (conformity to fact or reality) · la vēritās (that which is real) · ltg taisneiba (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · sa सत्य (that which is real) · nn sanning (true facts) · zdj ukweli (true facts) · fi totuus (conformity to fact or reality) · nn sanning (conformity to fact or reality) · os раст (something acknowledged to be true) · ro veridicitate (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · nap veritade (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · zu iqiniso class lass9 (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · nrf véthité (conformity to fact or reality) · el αλήθεια (that which is real) · eo vereco (conformity to fact or reality) · yi וואָרהײַט (that which is real) · la vēritās (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · ky чындык (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · kk шындық (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · sh вје́рно̄ст (pledge of loyalty or faith) · km ការពិត (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · pap bèrdat (true facts) · sv sanning (that which is real) · rm vardad (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · mk ви́стина (conformity to fact or reality) · pt verdade (something acknowledged to be true) · id kebenaran (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · sv sanningshalt (conformity to fact or reality) · pt verdade (that which is real) · tl totoo (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · cjs шын (conformity to fact or reality) · yi נאמנות (something acknowledged to be true) · la vēritās (true facts) · nl echtheid (conformity to fact or reality) · yi קײַמא־לן (conformity to fact or reality) · syc ܩܘܫܬܐ (true facts) · pl racja (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · ady щыпкъэ (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · syc ܫܪܪܐ (pledge of loyalty or faith) · be і́сціна (true facts) · ba дөрөҫлөк (conformity to fact or reality) · hrx Woherheet (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · th ความจริง (true facts) · eo vero (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · sv tro (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · es verdad (something acknowledged to be true) · txb empreṃ (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · et tõsi (true facts) · et tõed (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · te సహజము (that which is real) · he אֱמֶת (conformity to fact or reality) · et tõde (something acknowledged to be true) · pt verdade (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · ja(state or quality of being true to someone or something) · peo 𐎠𐎼𐎫 (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · ccc akachelo'ta (conformity to fact or reality) · fur veretât (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · yi וואָרהײַט (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · el αλήθεια (true facts) · el ορθότητα (conformity to fact or reality) · te విశ్వాసము (pledge of loyalty or faith) · te వాస్తవము (something acknowledged to be true) · ja 真相 (true facts) · yi וואָר (conformity to fact or reality) · sv verklighet (that which is real) · ru реа́льность (that which is real) · pms vrità (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · ca veritat (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · nap verità (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · sv sanning (true facts) · ja 忠義 (pledge of loyalty or faith) · vi sự thật (true facts) · ta உண்மை (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · yi וואָרהײַט (true facts) · es fetén (true facts) · lv patiesība (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · nl waarheid (true facts) · ja 真実 (true facts) · mr खरं (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · yi קײַמא־לן (true facts) · syc ܩܘܫܬܐ (conformity to fact or reality) · fi totuus (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · ceb kamatuoran (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · nds-de Wohrheit (something acknowledged to be true) · cmn 真理 (that which is real) · fa-ira حَقیقَت (true facts) · sh ȍdānōst (pledge of loyalty or faith) · ro adevăr ncorectitudine (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · fr vérité (true facts) · yi קײַמא־לן (something acknowledged to be true) · so runta (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · bg и́стина (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · kmr heqîqet (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · sk pravda (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · hy ճշմարտություն (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · lt teisybė (that which is real) · yo otitọ (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · ota كرچك (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · nl eed (pledge of loyalty or faith) · hy ճշմարտություն (conformity to fact or reality) · ota حقیقت (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · sah кырдьык (conformity to fact or reality) · ceb kamatuoran (true facts) · de Wahrheit (true facts) · gl verdade (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · sk pravda (conformity to fact or reality) · lo ສັດຈະ (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · io verajo (something acknowledged to be true) · br gwirionez (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · he אמת (that which is real) · ru и́стина (true facts) · io vereso (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · ota حقیقت (conformity to fact or reality) · kn ಸತ್ಯ (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · az həqiqət (conformity to fact or reality) · sw ukweli (pledge of loyalty or faith) · nb sannhet (true facts) · gu સત્ય (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · ka სიმართლე (true facts) · ota كرچك (conformity to fact or reality) · fr vérité (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · be і́сціна (conformity to fact or reality) · kk шындық (conformity to fact or reality) · pl prawda (true facts) · tg ҳащищат (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · ro veridicitate (that which is real) · rm verdad (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · sh vérnōst (pledge of loyalty or faith) · az həqiqət (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · de Wahrheit (that which is real) · be і́сьціна (conformity to fact or reality) · nl waarheid (that which is real) · ps رښتيا (true facts) · fi totuus (true facts) · gd fìrinn (that which is real) · eo vero (true facts) · el πραγματικότητα (that which is real) · sh ȉstina (true facts) · ga fírinne (true facts) · sh ве́рно̄ст (pledge of loyalty or faith) · el αλήθεια (something acknowledged to be true) · kk ақиқат (true facts) · be ве́рнасць (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · ko 진리 (conformity to fact or reality) · hy ճշմարտություն (something acknowledged to be true) · ja 真理 (conformity to fact or reality) · hu igazság (conformity to fact or reality) · eu egia (true facts) · sa तथ्य (conformity to fact or reality) · fi totuus (something acknowledged to be true) · sl zvestoba (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · ota حقیقت (something acknowledged to be true) · syc ܫܪܪܐ (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · uk і́стина (conformity to fact or reality) · nl werkelijkheid (true facts) · ja 事実 (true facts) · chr ᏚᏳᎪᏛ (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · lb Wourecht (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · es neta (true facts) · uk і́стина (true facts) · mk ви́стина (true facts) · sh и̏стина (true facts) · os раст (true facts) · zdj kweli (something acknowledged to be true) · vi tính trung thực (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · nl waarheid (something acknowledged to be true) · yi וואָר (that which is real) · hrx Woherheit (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · nrf véthité (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · ga fírinne (that which is real) · vec verità (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · lt tiesa (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · ja 実態 (true facts) · acw حَقيقة (true facts) · prs حَقِیقَت (conformity to fact or reality) · is sannleikur (true facts) · ota حقیقت (that which is real) · hu igazság (true facts) · es verdad (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · kbd пэж (conformity to fact or reality) · bn সত্য (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · syc ܩܘܫܬܐ (that which is real) · yi וואָר (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · sv troskap (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · da sandhed (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · el αλήθεια (conformity to fact or reality) · mn үнэн (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · my အမှန်တရား (conformity to fact or reality) · fi totuudenmukaisuus (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · it verità (that which is real) · he אמת (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · sh и̏стина (conformity to fact or reality) · sw kweli (something acknowledged to be true) · ga fírinne (something acknowledged to be true) · fur vêr (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · sv trohet (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · pt realidade (that which is real) · ro adevăr (conformity to fact or reality) · bn সাঁচা (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · ka ერთგულება (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · tr gerçek (true facts) · km ការពិត (conformity to fact or reality) · fo sannleiki (conformity to fact or reality) · he אֱמֶת (true facts) · kmr rastî (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · sl resnica (true facts) · sa सत्य (conformity to fact or reality) · fr vérité (something acknowledged to be true) · ja 真理 (something acknowledged to be true) · ur سچ (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · sa सत्य (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · sw ukweli (true facts) · gd fìrinn (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · et tõsi (conformity to fact or reality) · hi सत्य (conformity to fact or reality) · sh istina (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · lo ຄວາມຈິງ (conformity to fact or reality) · fr vérité (that which is real) · ro sinceritate (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · da sandhed (conformity to fact or reality) · pl prawda (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · th ความจริง (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · te నమ్మకము (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · is sannleikur (something acknowledged to be true) · ne सत्य (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · se duohtavuohta (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · tr hakikat (conformity to fact or reality) · cmn 真理 (true facts) · ilo pudno (true facts) · sv sanning (something acknowledged to be true) · kl ilumoorneq (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · yi האמת (conformity to fact or reality) · yi וואָרהײַט (something acknowledged to be true) · ru пре́данность (pledge of loyalty or faith) · uz haqiqat (conformity to fact or reality) · kl ilumoortoq (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · ba хәҡиҡәт (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · oc veritat (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · es verdad (that which is real) · is sannleikur (that which is real) · ht verite (true facts) · pa ਸਤਿ (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · ltg tīsa (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · nds-de Wohrheit (that which is real) · be ве́рнасьць (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · it veritate (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · ru и́стина (conformity to fact or reality) · th ความจริง (conformity to fact or reality) · yi וואָר (something acknowledged to be true) · ota كرچك (true facts) · vo verat (that which is real) · lad vedra (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · it verità (conformity to fact or reality) · szl prowda (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · tl katotohanan (true facts) · ota حقیقت (true facts) · is sannindi (something acknowledged to be true) · ml സത്യം (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · rm vardà (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · ar حَقِيقَة (true facts) · as সঁচা কথা (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · yi האמת (true facts) · ja 真実 (conformity to fact or reality) · sw ukweli (conformity to fact or reality) · ur حَقِیقَت (conformity to fact or reality) · zza rastay (true facts) · ja 本当 (conformity to fact or reality) · pam tutu (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · om dhugaa (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · de Wahrheit (something acknowledged to be true) · te నిరూజణ (conformity to fact or reality) · ka სისწორე (conformity to fact or reality) · ba хәҡиҡәт (conformity to fact or reality) · os раст (that which is real) · nah neltiliztli (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · fa-ira حَقیقَت (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · cy gwir (conformity to fact or reality) · uk ві́рність (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · cy gwir (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · ast verdá (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · cs pravda (conformity to fact or reality) · th สัจธรรม (state or quality of being true to someone or something) · nds-de Wohrheit (true facts) · gd fìrinn (true facts) · la vērum 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truth en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /tɹuːθ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (General-American) audio
  • (Received-Pronunciation) audio
  • /tɹuθ/ (General-American)
  • tro͞oth (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *drewH-der. Proto-Germanic *triwwiz Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂der. Proto-Germanic *-iþō Proto-Germanic *triwwiþō Old English trēowþ Middle English trouthe English truth Inherited from Middle English trouthe, from Old English trēowþ, from Proto-Germanic *triwwiþō, from *triwwiz + *-iþō. By surface analysis, true + -th. Doublet of troth. Cognate with Norwegian trygd (“trustworthiness, security, insurance”), Icelandic tryggð (“loyalty, fidelity”).

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To assert as true; to declare; to speak truthfully.
    • You were sitting with your family Thanksgiving, belly full of turkey and pie, surrounded by the love of your extended crime family, but your initial instinct was to truth a slur at Tim Walz? 2025 December 1, Jon Stewart, “Trump Berates Reporters, Gets Mystery MRI & Closes Border to (Non-White) Immigrants”https://youtu.be/4STrDD7leEM?t=325s, The Daily Show, Comedy Central
    • c. 1636 John Ford, The Fancies Chaste and Noble Had they [the ancients] dreamt this, they would have truthed it heaven.
  2. To make exact; to correct for inaccuracy.
    • This database, which consisists of nearly 180,000 characters, was manually truthed. 2003, Advances in Pattern Recognition ICAPR2003, →ISBN, page 67:
    • As is shown in this table, APG images in the validation subset were only truthed with box models, and the 29P images in this subset were never truthed at all. 1990, Advanced Infrared Technology - Part 2, page cxxvi:
    • A concentrated region of the agricultural test area was intensively ground truthed, not only to identify the crop types, but equally important, also to begin to determine the parameters controlling the radar energy reflected from a crop type at a particular stage of growth. 1974, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, page 226:
  3. (intransitive, nonstandard) To tell the truth.
    • You keep lying, when you oughta be truthin' 1966, Nancy Sinatra, These Boots Are Made for Walkin':

Forms

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truths Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
truthing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
trewth alternative, obsolete lexicographic
truthed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
truthed Tense=Past lexicographic

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