English Explanatory Dictionary

true

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct.
  2. As an ellipsis of "(while) it is true (that)", used to start a sentence
  3. Conforming to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate.
  4. Of the state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result.
  5. Loyal, faithful.
  6. Genuine; legitimate; valid; sensu stricto.
  7. 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.
  8. Accurate; following a path toward the target.
  9. Correctly aligned or calibrated, without deviation.
  10. Fair, unbiased, not loaded.
  11. based on actual historical events.
adv
  1. Accurately; in alignment.
  2. Truthfully.
noun
  1. The state of being in alignment.
  2. Truth.
verb
  1. To straighten (something that is supposed to be straight).
  2. To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust (often followed by up).
noun
  1. A pledge or truce.
adj
  1. one of two states of a Boolean variable; logic 1.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia, United States.
  3. A town in Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States.
  4. A townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

Pronunciation

tro͞o /tɹuː/ [t̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷu̠ː] En-uk-true.ogg en-us-true.ogg /tɹjuː/ /tɹɪʊ̯/

Word forms

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

Etymology

From Middle English trewe, from Old English trīewe, (Mercian) trēowe (“trusty, faithful”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz (compare Saterland Frisian trjou (“honest”), Dutch getrouw and trouw, German treu, Norwegian and Swedish trygg (“safe, secure’”)), from pre-Germanic *drewh₂yos, from Proto-Indo-European *drewh₂- (“steady, firm”) (compare 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”).

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

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

Related words

truth

Derived words

all rumors are true big if true come true dream come true dream true for real and for true hold true no true Scotsman fallacy one true brace style ring true show one's true colors colours stripes the course of true love never did run smooth three true outcomes throw true too good to be true to thine own self be true tried and true true airspeed true anomaly true as a die true as I stand here …I'm standing here true bearing true believer → true-believer t. b. syndrome true bill true blue true-blue true-born true-bred true bug true civet true color t. colors true copy true crime True Cross true daikon true dat true deer true density true ending true-false true flycatcher true friend true frog true grit true-hearted true jellyfish true laurel true leaf true lemur true-life true love → true-love knot t.-l.-knot true lover's knot true mahogany true melon

Translations

Abkhaz: аиаша Acehnese: beuna Albanian: vërtetuar Amharic: እውነተኛ Arabic: حَقّ Arabic: صَحِيح Arabic: صَادِق Arabic: حقيقي Arabic: حَقِيقِيّ Aramaic: שרירא Aramaic: שרירתא Aramaic: ܫܪܝܪܐ Aramaic: ܫܪܝܪܬܐ Armenian: ճիշտ Armenian: իրական Armenian: իսկական Assamese: আচল Assamese: সঁচা Asturian: verdaderu Azerbaijani: doğru Azerbaijani: düzgün Azerbaijani: həqiqi Azerbaijani: əsl Bashkir: ысын Basque: egiazko Belarusian: ве́рны Belarusian: сапра́ўдны Belarusian: праўдзі́вы Bhojpuri: सांच Breton: gwir Bulgarian: ве́рен Bulgarian: и́стински Bulgarian: правди́в Bulgarian: действителен Burmese: ဟုတ် Catalan: vertader Catalan: veritable Catalan: genuí Catalan: autèntic Catalan: propi Catalan: legítim Chamicuro: akachelo'ta Cherokee: ᎤᏙᎯᏳ Chinese Mandarin: 真 Chinese Mandarin: 真實 /真实 Chinese Mandarin: 真正 Chuukese: ennet Cornish: gwir Czech: pravdivý Czech: pravý Danish: sand Dutch: echt Dutch: waar Esperanto: vera Estonian: päris Estonian: tõeline Fijian: dina Finnish: tosi Finnish: tosi- Finnish: totuudenmukainen Finnish: oikea Finnish: aito Finnish: todellinen Finnish: laillinen French: vrai French: véritable Friulian: vêr Galician: verdadeiro Georgian: ნამდვილი Georgian: მართალი Georgian: ჭეშმარიტი German: wahr German: echt German: richtig German: zutreffend German: stimmig German: wahrheitsgemäß German: wahrhaftig German: korrekt German: eigentlich German: tatsächlich German: effektiv German: legitim Gothic: 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌹𐍃 Greek: αληθινός Greek: αυθεντικός Greek: νόμιμος Ancient Greek: ἀληθής Ancient Greek: ἀληθινός Ancient Greek: ὤν Ancient Greek: ἐτεός Ancient Greek: ἐτήτυμος Ancient Greek: ἔτυμος Ancient Greek: ὀρθός Haitian Creole: vre Hebrew: נכון
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