true
- noun
- /tru/
- There will always be true statements that cannot be proven.
Examples
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This is the true size of Napoleon's army.
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The first of his ideas concerns what he calls the true and the false self.
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There will always be true statements that cannot be proven.
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There's a difference between the true and the correct.
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One of the two opposite statements must be true and the other false.
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One of the two opposite statements must be true and the other false.
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This is the true size of Napoleon's army.
Synonyms
A fact that shows how things really are
A fact that is completely true and cannot be doubted
A true idea or belief that people accept as important
How accurate something is compared with facts or a standard
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Jargon
A paper saying a group of citizens found enough evidence to charge someone with a crime
- Specialized
An insect with a thin mouth that pierces and sucks fluids, like a water strider
- Specialized
A climbing plant from the tropics that makes small round spice seeds used in cooking
- Specialized
A thin piece of tissue in the throat that vibrates to make the voice
- Specialized
An angle you measure along the path around a planet or star from the closest point
- Specialized
A major group of bacteria with firm cell walls, including common kinds that cause disease
- Specialized
A tall evergreen tree of the Cedrus group that grows on high mountains like the Himalayas or Mediterranean
- Archaic
A person who is very short because of a gene problem but with normal body shape and mind
- Specialized
A living thing like a mushroom or mold with cell walls made of chitin that makes spores
- Specialized
A tall evergreen tree with needle leaves and upright cones often used as a Christmas tree
- Archaic
A young woman in the 1920s with short hair, bold makeup, and lively, daring style
- Specialized
A smooth-bodied animal that lives in water and on land with long back legs and webbed feet
A small evergreen tree from the Mediterranean with glossy fragrant leaves used to flavor food and for wreaths
Good qualities like honesty, courage, and respect that show a man treats others well
- Specialized
A small South American monkey with soft fur that often has twins and is not a tamarin
- Australian
A tree that grows on other plants in Indonesia and Malaysia with yellow, fragrant wood that repels insects
- Specialized
A sea mammal without visible ears, with fur and back flippers for swimming
- Specialized
A shrub with yellow flowers whose dried leaves help people with constipation
- Specialized
A soft mass of many cells that moves like an amoeba and feeds on decaying plants
- Specialized
Light, easy to work wood from the tulip tree used for furniture and veneers
- Specialized
A bat from tropical America that drinks the blood of animals like cows and birds
- Specialized
A small active songbird usually brown or grey from Europe, Asia and Africa
- Archaic
A person who strongly supports a political party, especially the Whiggamores
- Specialized
Thin bands of tissue in the voice box that vibrate to make voice when air passes between them
How True
Surface Forms
Etymology
True as a noun comes from the same old root trēowe meaning 'faithful', so it can mean the state of being correct, straight, or a fact you can trust.