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Definition of True

1. Noun. Proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment. "Out of true"

2. Verb. Make level, square, balanced, or concentric. "True up the cylinder of an engine"

3. Adjective. Consistent with fact or reality; not false. "The true meaning of the statement"

4. Adverb. As acknowledged. "True, she is the smartest in her class"

5. Adjective. Accurately placed or thrown. "He was dead on target"

6. Adjective. Devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth. "True believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them"

7. Adjective. Expressing or given to expressing the truth. "A truthful person"

8. Adjective. Conforming to definitive criteria. "Pythagoras was the first true mathematician"

9. Adjective. Worthy of being depended on. "I would be true for there are those who trust me"

10. Adjective. Not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed. "True grief"

11. Adjective. Rightly so called. "A true friend"

12. Adjective. Determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles. "True north is geographic north"

13. Adjective. Having a legally established claim. "The true and lawful king"

14. Adjective. In tune; accurate in pitch. "A true note"

15. Adjective. Accurately fitted; level. "The window frame isn't quite true"

Definition of True

1. a. Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or the like; as, a true relation or narration; a true history; a declaration is true when it states the facts.

2. adv. In accordance with truth; truly.

3. a. Genuine; real; not deviating from the essential characters of a class; as, a lizard is a true reptile; a whale is a true, but not a typical, mammal.

Definition of True

1. consistent with fact or reality [adj TRUER, TRUEST] / to bring to conformity with a standard or requirement [v TRUED, TRUING or TRUEING, TRUES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of True

truculencies truculency truculent truculently trudge trudged trudgen trudgens trudgeon trudgeons

trudger trudgers trudges trudging trudgings true (current term) true(a) true(p) true-blue true-false

true-hearted true-to-life(a) trueblue trueblues trueborn truebred trued truehearted trueheartedness trueing

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