true
- adverb
- /tru/
- So yes, that's true, but is that it?
Listen, if I can duplicate it, true, not good.
- Listen, if I can duplicate it, true, not good.
Examples
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It is true that many people prefer coffee over tea.
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All right, So that is true, sort of.
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And that sometimes is true, but not often.
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So yeah, I'm assuming that and it's true for almost all systems.
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And we'll kind of see why that's true shortly.
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I'm going to say, you know, that's true, we're just not quite there yet.
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It is day right now, actually, true at the time that I'm filming this.
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You're actually right; that's true, but it needs further explanation.
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She admitted that, true, she had made a mistake in her calculations.
Synonyms
To show that something is really true even if surprising
To emphasize and agree that something is true
Shows that something is true, often when it is different from what was said
To say that something is true, often when it is surprising
Admitting something is true before you say something else
Saying that something is true before you say something different
Actually, what is said is true even if people think otherwise
To say something that is true even if it is surprising
Says that something is certainly true
Shows that something is true despite what people thought
A phrase people say to show what they say is really true
In an open and clear way, as when someone says or admits something
To admit something is true before giving a different point
As someone openly admits
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
Surface Forms
Etymology
True used at the start of a sentence ('True, ...') comes from the same idea of being 'real' or 'correct' (Old English trēowe), so we use it to admit a fact or a point that is right.