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TRUE
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Irregular inflected forms: truer , truest
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment
Example:
out of true
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("true" is a kind of...):
alignment (the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines)
Derivation:
true (make level, square, balanced, or concentric)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Accurately placed or thrown
Example:
he was dead on target
Synonyms:
dead on target; true
Classified under:
Similar:
accurate (conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy)
Derivation:
trueness (exactness of adjustment)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Accurately fitted; level
Example:
the window frame isn't quite true
Synonyms:
straight; true
Classified under:
Similar:
even (being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with))
Sense 3
Meaning:
Devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth
Example:
true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
faithful (steadfast in affection or allegiance)
Derivation:
trueness (the quality of being loyal)
Sense 4
Meaning:
In tune; accurate in pitch
Example:
a true note
Synonyms:
on-key; true
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
harmonious (musically pleasing)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Expressing or given to expressing the truth
Example:
a truthful person
Synonyms:
true; truthful
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
honest (marked by truth)
veracious (habitually speaking the truth)
Also:
honest; honorable (not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Having a legally established claim
Example:
the true and lawful king
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
legitimate (of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles
Example:
true north is geographic north
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
geographic; geographical (determined by geography)
Sense 8
Meaning:
Rightly so called
Example:
a true friend
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
real (no less than what is stated; worthy of the name)
Sense 9
Meaning:
Not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
Example:
true grief
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
sincere (open and genuine; not deceitful)
Sense 10
Meaning:
Consistent with fact or reality; not false
Example:
the true meaning of the statement
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
actual; genuine; literal; real (being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something)
apodeictic; apodictic (of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain)
truthful (conforming to truth)
sure (infallible or unfailing)
Also:
correct; right (free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth)
faithful (steadfast in affection or allegiance)
echt; genuine (not fake or counterfeit)
honest; honorable (not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent)
sincere (open and genuine; not deceitful)
Attribute:
the true; trueness; truth; verity (conformity to reality or actuality)
Antonym:
false (not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality)
Derivation:
trueness (conformity to reality or actuality)
Sense 11
Meaning:
Worthy of being depended on
Example:
I would be true for there are those who trust me
Synonyms:
dependable; honest; reliable; true
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
trustworthy; trusty (worthy of trust or belief)
Derivation:
trueness (the quality of being loyal)
Sense 12
Meaning:
Conforming to definitive criteria
Example:
Pythagoras was the first true mathematician
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
typical (exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category)
III. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they true ... he / she / it trues
Past simple: trued
Past participle: trued
-ing form: truing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make level, square, balanced, or concentric
Example:
true up the cylinder of an engine
Synonyms:
true; true up
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "true" is one way to...):
adjust; align; aline; line up (place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
true (proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment)
IV. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
As acknowledged
Example:
true, she is the smartest in her class
Synonyms:
admittedly; avowedly; confessedly; true
Classified under:
Context examples:
True, he was a god, but a most savage god.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
"Ay, true enough," (with a deep sigh) "only June."
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Very true: we soon met with Mrs. Thorpe, and then we wanted for nothing.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
I felt how true this was.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
It was true, there were other dogs, There could not but be other dogs on so vast a place, but they did not count.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
"That is true," said the Scarecrow.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
I read it, as I had read the other volumes which had fallen into my hands, as a true history.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
You're a good man and a true; I never seen a better man!
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient "talk big" or claim to have more abilities or wealth than is true?
(NPI - Talk Big or Claim to Have More Abilities or Wealth Than is True, NCI Thesaurus)
Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient have beliefs that you know are not true?
(NPI - Have Beliefs That You Know are Not True, NCI Thesaurus)
