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True

adjective

(compar. truer; superl. truest)

1.

Consistent with fact or reality; not false. "It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true" , "The true meaning of the statement"

2.

Accurately placed or thrown. Synonym: dead on target. "He was dead on target"

3.

Devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth.

4.

Expressing or given to expressing the truth. Synonym: truthful. "Gave truthful testimony" , "A truthful person"

5.

Conforming to definitive criteria. "Pythagoras was the first true mathematician"

6.

Worthy of being depended on. Synonyms: dependable, honest, reliable. "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"

7.

Not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed. Synonyms: genuine, unfeigned. "Her interest in people was unfeigned" , "True grief"

8.

Rightly so called. "A spirit which true men have always admired" , "A true friend"

9.

Determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles.

10.

Having a legally established claim. Synonyms: lawful, rightful. "The true and lawful king"

11.

In tune; accurate in pitch. Synonym: on-key.

12.

Accurately fitted; level. Synonym: straight.

noun

1.

Proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment.

verb

(past trued; past part. trued; pres. part. truing or trueing)

1.

Make level, square, balanced, or concentric. Synonym: true up.

adverb

1.

As acknowledged. Synonyms: admittedly, avowedly, confessedly.

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"True" Quotes from Famous Books

... Africans having been brought hither from the islands of Grenada and Dominica, they were most imprudently induced to enlist in the 1st West India Regiment. True it is, we have been told they did this voluntarily; but it may be asked, if they had any will in the matter, how could they understand the duties to be imposed on them by becoming soldiers, or how comprehend the nature of an oath of allegiance, ...

— The History of the First West India Regiment • A. B. Ellis

... up, put her hands on his face and tilted it back and looked into his eyes. It was true! It was true! She saw it there. And she kissed him and gave a great sobbing sigh and went into her bedroom and began to undress. Was there ...

— Who Cares? • Cosmo Hamilton

... So true was Tom's aim, and so swiftly was the bottle sent, that the American had not time to avoid it, and received a heavy blow in the chest, sufficient to disorder his ...

— The Black Bar • George Manville Fenn

... way home, it was sunset red across the west. She did not know why she was going home. There was nothing for her there. She had, true, only to pretend to be normal. There was nobody she could speak to, nowhere to go for escape. But she must keep on, under this red sunset, alone, knowing the horror in humanity, that would destroy her, and with which she was at war. Yet it had ...

— The Rainbow • D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

... whole body shall be full of darkness.' Now this word 'evil,' as set in juxtaposition to the former term 'single,' evidently implies a double sight or perverted vision. With this 'evil,' or double sight, our whole body 'shall be full of darkness.' Very well, my friends, if this be true,—(and you surely must believe it true, otherwise you would not support churches for the exposition of the truth as spoken by the Founder of our Faith;—) then we are children of the dark indeed! I doubt if one amongst ...

— The Master-Christian • Marie Corelli

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