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True

truː

True definitions
adjective
truer truest true
  1. in accordance with fact or reality

    "a true story"

    • rightly or strictly so called; genuine

      "people are still willing to pay for true craftsmanship"

    • real or actual

      "he has guessed my true intentions"

    • said when conceding a point

      "true, the house faced north, but you got used to that"

  2. accurate or exact

    "it was a true depiction"

    accurate true to life faithful telling it like it is as it really happened fact-based realistic close lifelike convincing
    • (of a note) exactly in tune
    • (of a compass bearing) measured relative to true north

      "steer 085 degrees true"

    • correctly positioned, balanced, or aligned; upright or level
  3. loyal or faithful

    "he was a true friend"

    • accurately conforming to (a standard or expectation); faithful to

      "this entirely new production remains true to the essence of Lorca's play"

  4. honest

    "we appeal to all good men and true to rally to us"

adverb
true
  1. truly

    "Hobson spoke truer than he knew"

  2. accurately or without variation
verb
trues truing trueing trued true
  1. bring (an object, wheel, or other construction) into the exact shape or position required

    "the bench sander is ideal for truing up faces of timber"