Sekirov Dictionary

true

/tɹuː/

adjective 12
adverb 2
noun 3
verb 2
forms 8
phrases 11

adjective12

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correct, and matching the facts or what really happened
- This is a true story.
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based on actual historical events.
- [A] skinny blonde of about twenty sitting in an armchair by an electric fire reading a true romance magazine. — 1965
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Genuine; legitimate; valid; sensu stricto.
- The true king has returned!
- This is true Parmesan cheese — it is from the Parma region.
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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.
- true spiders
- true blusher (Amanita rubescens, as distinguished from the false blusher, Amanita pantherina)
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Loyal, faithful.
- He’s turned out to be a true friend.
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As an ellipsis of "(while) it is true (that)", used to start a sentence
- True, I have only read part of the book, but I like it so far.
one of two states of a Boolean variable; logic 1.
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Of the state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result.
- "A and B" is true if and only if "A" is true and "B" is true.
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Conforming to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate.
- […]making his eye, foot, and hand keep true time[…] — 1819
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Accurate; following a path toward the target.
- Whate'er the weapon, still his aim was true, Nor e'er in vain the fatal bullet flew. — 1801
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Correctly aligned or calibrated, without deviation.
- Is my bike wheel true? It feels unsteady.
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Fair, unbiased, not loaded.
- In fact, few profit margins can be predicted with such reliability as those provided by a true roulette wheel or other game of chance. — 2006

adverb2

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Accurately; in alignment.
- This gun shoots true.
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(no longer used) Truthfully.
- I tel you true my hart is swolne with wrath, On this same theeuish villain Tamburlain. — 1587

noun3

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The state of being in alignment.
- She clapped her hands happily, and he thought how pretty she was really, that is, the upper part of her face—from the bridge of the nose down she was somewhat out of true. — 1922
(no longer used) Truth.
(no longer used) A pledge or truce.

verb2

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To straighten (something that is supposed to be straight).
- He trued the spokes of the bicycle wheel.
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To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust (often followed by up).
- We spent all night truing up the report.

forms

trued · trueing · truing · trues · more true · truer · most true · truest

Phrases with true

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