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TRUTH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being near to the true value
Example:
the lawyer questioned the truth of my account
Synonyms:
accuracy; truth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("truth" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Attribute:
accurate (conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy)
inaccurate (not accurate)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "truth"):
exactitude; exactness (the quality of being exact)
fidelity (accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A fact that has been verified
Example:
the truth is that he didn't want to do it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("truth" is a kind of...):
fact (a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "truth"):
home truth (an important truth that is unpleasant to acknowledge (as about yourself))
verity (an enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic truth)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A true statement
Example:
he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it
Synonyms:
true statement; truth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("truth" is a kind of...):
statement (a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "truth"):
gospel; gospel truth (an unquestionable truth)
tautology ((logic) a statement that is necessarily true)
truism (an obvious truth)
Antonym:
falsehood (a false statement)
Sense 4
Meaning:
United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883)
Synonyms:
Sojourner Truth; Truth
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
abolitionist; emancipationist (a reformer who favors abolishing slavery)
feminist; libber; women's liberationist; women's rightist (a supporter of feminism)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Conformity to reality or actuality
Example:
he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities
Synonyms:
the true; trueness; truth; verity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("truth" is a kind of...):
actuality (the state of actually existing objectively)
Attribute:
true (consistent with fact or reality; not false)
false (not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality)
Antonym:
falsity (the state of being false or untrue)
Context examples:
She must communicate the painful truth, however, and as soon as possible.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
And as to most matters, to say the truth, there are not many that I know my own mind about.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
An indication or description of the process by which the truth of something is tested or found.
(Analytical Methods and Validation Reports, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The truth is there is more than one "right" way to be a good parent.
(Parenting, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
I had no more idea of the truth than you.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I really fancy that you are not far from the truth.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Just tell us the truth,” he said.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He marvelled at the wonder of it and the truth; and as he gazed upon her he knew that he could die gladly upon a kiss.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
For the first time I knew the wonderful truth of his words. Why, I was living them.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
It was almost impossible to believe that the things which we had seen with our own eyes and heard with our own ears were living truths.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
