TRUE (truer, truest)
Dictionary entry overview: What does true mean?
• TRUE (noun)
The noun TRUE has 1 sense:
1. proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment
Familiarity information: TRUE used as a noun is very rare.
• TRUE (adjective)
The adjective TRUE has 12 senses:
1. consistent with fact or reality; not false
2. conforming to definitive criteria
3. accurately placed or thrown
4. devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth
5. expressing or given to expressing the truth
6. worthy of being depended on
7. not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
8. rightly so called
9. determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles
10. having a legally established claim
11. in tune; accurate in pitch
12. accurately fitted; level
Familiarity information: TRUE used as an adjective is familiar.
• TRUE (verb)
The verb TRUE has 1 sense:
1. make level, square, balanced, or concentric
Familiarity information: TRUE used as a verb is very rare.
• TRUE (adverb)
The adverb TRUE has 1 sense:
1. as acknowledged
Familiarity information: TRUE used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TRUE (noun)
Meaning:
Proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
out of true
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)
• TRUE (adjective)
Meaning:
Consistent with fact or reality; not false
Context examples:
the story is true / it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true / the true meaning of the statement
Similar:
apodeictic; apodictic (of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain)
actual; genuine; literal; real (being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something)
truthful (conforming to truth)
sure (infallible or unfailing)
Also:
echt; genuine (not fake or counterfeit)
faithful (steadfast in affection or allegiance)
sincere (open and genuine; not deceitful)
correct; right (free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth)
honest; honorable (not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent)
Attribute:
the true; trueness; truth; verity (conformity to reality or actuality)
Antonym:
false (not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality)
Meaning:
Conforming to definitive criteria
Context examples:
the horseshoe crab is not a true crab / Pythagoras was the first true mathematician
Similar:
typical (exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category)
Meaning:
Accurately placed or thrown
Synonyms:
dead on target; true
Context examples:
his aim was true / he was dead on target
Similar:
accurate (conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy)
Meaning:
Devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth
Context example:
true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them
Similar:
faithful (steadfast in affection or allegiance)
Meaning:
Expressing or given to expressing the truth
Synonyms:
truthful; true
Context examples:
a true statement / gave truthful testimony / a truthful person
Similar:
honest (marked by truth)
honest; veracious (habitually speaking the truth)
Meaning:
Worthy of being depended on
Synonyms:
dependable; reliable; honest; true
Context examples:
a dependable worker / an honest working stiff / a reliable source of information / he was true to his word / I would be true for there are those who trust me
Similar:
trustworthy; trusty (worthy of trust or belief)
Meaning:
Not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
Synonyms:
unfeigned; genuine; true
Context examples:
genuine emotion / her interest in people was unfeigned / true grief
Similar:
sincere (open and genuine; not deceitful)
Meaning:
Rightly so called
Context examples:
true courage / a spirit which true men have always admired / a true friend
Similar:
real (no less than what is stated; worthy of the name)
Meaning:
Determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles
Context example:
true north is geographic north
Similar:
geographic; geographical (determined by geography)
Meaning:
Having a legally established claim
Synonyms:
rightful; lawful; true
Context examples:
the legitimate heir / the true and lawful king
Similar:
legitimate (of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful)
Meaning:
In tune; accurate in pitch
Synonyms:
on-key; true
Context example:
a true note
Similar:
harmonious (musically pleasing)
Meaning:
Accurately fitted; level
Synonyms:
straight; true
Context example:
the window frame isn't quite true
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))
• TRUE (verb)
Meaning:
Make level, square, balanced, or concentric
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
true; true up
Context example:
true up the cylinder of an engine
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
• TRUE (adverb)
Meaning:
As acknowledged
Synonyms:
admittedly; confessedly; true; avowedly
Context example:
true, she is the smartest in her class
