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Quick definitions from WordNet (true)
▸ noun: proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment ("Out of true")
▸ verb: make level, square, balanced, or concentric ("True up the cylinder of an engine")
▸ adjective: consistent with fact or reality; not false ("The story is true")
▸ adjective: conforming to definitive criteria ("The horseshoe crab is not a true crab")
▸ adjective: accurately placed or thrown ("His aim was true")
▸ adjective: reliable as a basis for action ("A true prophesy")
▸ adjective: accurately fitted; level ("The window frame isn't quite true")
▸ adjective: devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth ("True believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them")
▸ adjective: expressing or given to expressing the truth ("A true statement")
▸ adjective: not synthetic or spurious; of real or natural origin ("True gold")
▸ adjective: in tune; accurate in pitch ("A true note")
▸ adverb: as acknowledged ("True, she is the smartest in her class")
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 33333 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #3521)
▸ Also see truing
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to true
▸ Usage examples for true
▸ Idioms related to true (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing true
▸ Popular nouns described by true
▸ Words that often appear near true
▸ Rhymes of true
▸ Invented words related to true
▸ noun: proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment ("Out of true")
▸ verb: make level, square, balanced, or concentric ("True up the cylinder of an engine")
▸ adjective: consistent with fact or reality; not false ("The story is true")
▸ adjective: conforming to definitive criteria ("The horseshoe crab is not a true crab")
▸ adjective: accurately placed or thrown ("His aim was true")
▸ adjective: reliable as a basis for action ("A true prophesy")
▸ adjective: accurately fitted; level ("The window frame isn't quite true")
▸ adjective: devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth ("True believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them")
▸ adjective: expressing or given to expressing the truth ("A true statement")
▸ adjective: not synthetic or spurious; of real or natural origin ("True gold")
▸ adjective: in tune; accurate in pitch ("A true note")
▸ adverb: as acknowledged ("True, she is the smartest in her class")
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 33333 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #3521)
▸ Also see truing
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to true
▸ Usage examples for true
▸ Idioms related to true (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing true
▸ Popular nouns described by true
▸ Words that often appear near true
▸ Rhymes of true
▸ Invented words related to true