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adverb(true)as acknowledged
Examples:
True, she is the smartest in her class.
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verb(true)make level, square, balanced, or concentric
Synonyms: true up,
Examples:
True up the cylinder of an engine.
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adjective(true)accurately fitted; level
Synonyms: straight,
Examples:
The window frame isn't quite true.
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adjective(true)not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
Examples:
True grief.
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adjective(true)in tune; accurate in pitch
Synonyms: on-key,
Examples:
A true note.
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adjective(true)having a legally established claim
Examples:
The true and lawful king.
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adjective(true)worthy of being depended on
Examples:
He was true to his word.
I would be true for there are those who trust me.
I would be true for there are those who trust me.
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adjective(true)accurately placed or thrown
Synonyms: dead on target,
Examples:
His aim was true.
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adjective(true)expressing or given to expressing the truth
Synonyms: truthful,
Examples:
A true statement.
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adjective(true)conforming to definitive criteria
Examples:
The horseshoe crab is not a true crab.
Pythagoras was the first true mathematician.
Pythagoras was the first true mathematician.
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adjective(true)consistent with fact or reality; not false
Antonyms: false,
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.
It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true.
The true meaning of the statement.
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adjective(true)determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles
Examples:
True north is geographic north.
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adjective(true)devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth
Examples:
True believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them.
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noun(true)proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment
Examples:
Out of true.
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adjective(true)rightly so called
Examples:
True courage.
A spirit which true men have always admired.
A true friend.
A spirit which true men have always admired.
A true friend.