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/tɹuː/
English
Definitions
noun
- The state of being in alignment.
- Truth.
- A pledge or truce.
verb
- To straighten.“He trued the spokes of the bicycle wheel.”
- To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust.“We spent all night truing up the report.”
adjective
- (of a statement) Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct.“This is a true story.”
- Conforming to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate.“a true copy; a true likeness of the original”
- Of the state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result.“"A and B" is true if and only if "A" is true and "B" is true.”
- Loyal, faithful.“He’s turned out to be a true friend.”
adverb
- (of shooting, throwing etc) Accurately.“this gun shoots true”
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Synonyms
factualveraciousaccuratetruthfulrealrightfulsinceredependableactualreliablehonesttrustytrustworthytypicalliteralfaithful