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KK Pronunciation
〔 tru 〕
Pronunciation
〔 truː 〕
Overview of noun true
The noun true has 1 sense
- true -- (proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment; "out of true")
Overview of verb true
The verb true has 1 sense
- true, true up -- (make level, square, balanced, or concentric; "true up the cylinder of an engine")
Overview of adj true
The adj true has 12 senses
- true -- (consistent with fact or reality; not false; "the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"- B. Russell; "the true meaning of the statement")
- true, dead on target -- (accurately placed or thrown; "his aim was true"; "he was dead on target")
- true -- (devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth; "true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them")
- truthful, true -- (expressing or given to expressing the truth; "a true statement"; "gave truthful testimony"; "a truthful person")
- true -- (conforming to definitive criteria; "the horseshoe crab is not a true crab"; "Pythagoras was the first true mathematician")
- dependable, honest, reliable, true -- (worthy of being depended on; "a dependable worker"; "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")
- genuine, true, unfeigned -- (not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; "genuine emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true grief")
- true -- (rightly so called; "true courage"; "a spirit which true men have always admired"; "a true friend")
- true -- (determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles; "true north is geographic north")
- true, lawful, rightful -- (having a legally established claim; "the legitimate heir"; "the true and lawful king")
- on-key, true -- (in tune; accurate in pitch; "a true note")
- true, straight -- (accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite true")
Overview of adv true
The adv true has 1 sense
- true, admittedly, avowedly, confessedly -- (as acknowledged; "true, she is the smartest in her class")