true

A1
Pronunciation
/tɹuː/
/tɹu/
Noun
3 definition(s)
1 Definition

The state of being in alignment.

2 Definition

Truth.

3 Definition

A pledge or truce.

Verb
2 definition(s)
1 Definition

To straighten.

Example Sentences
  • He trued the spokes of the bicycle wheel.
2 Definition

To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust.

Example Sentences
  • We spent all night truing up the report.
Adjective
9 definition(s)
1 Definition

(of a statement) Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct.

Example Sentences
  • This is a true story.
2 Definition

Conforming to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate.

Example Sentences
  • a true copy;   a true likeness of the original
3 Definition

Of the state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result.

Example Sentences
  • "A and B" is true if and only if "A" is true and "B" is true.
4 Definition

Loyal, faithful.

Example Sentences
  • He’s turned out to be a true friend.
5 Definition

Genuine; legitimate.

Example Sentences
  • The true king has returned!
6 Definition

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.

Example Sentences
  • true blusher (Amanita rubescens, as distinguished from the false blusher, Amanita pantherina)
7 Definition

(of an aim or missile in archery, shooting, golf etc.) Accurate; following a path toward the target.

8 Definition

Fair, unbiased, not loaded.

9 Definition

(Of a literary genre) based on actual historical events.

Example Sentences
  • true crime
Adverb
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

(of shooting, throwing etc) Accurately.

Example Sentences
  • this gun shoots true