true
- adjective
- /truː/
- The carpenter checked to see if the frame was true using a level.
- true value
- true mass
- true negative
The Mexico deal, my tax return, the true color of my face.
- The Mexico deal, my tax return, the true color of my face.
- It's just the the truer it is to what interests you.
- And I, that isn't true to a certain degree.
- That's unfair and they should learn what their true value is and they should stop it.
- The idea of discrimination producing true equality is nonsense.
Examples
-
She tuned her guitar until the notes sounded true and harmonious.
-
Are the actions of the characters true to life and not stereotypical?
Academic text (1999) -
The journey to find the true way.
-
We have to take the lead in showing the Israeli people the true direction.
Academic text (2008) -
I'm the only one who knows what your true potential is, Robert.
-
It's the true legacy we pass on to future generations and the true contribution we make to society.
Fiction book (1992) -
So today let's bring to life the true size of a Mongol army.
-
He and the boy had formed a true bond.
-
Moonlight streams in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, revealing the true enormity of the ballroom.
Fiction book (1991) -
Make sure the shelves are true and even before you install them.
Synonyms
True and free from mistakes
Completely correct in every small detail
Exactly correct in every detail
Exactly correct and clear about small details
Exactly correct in what someone says
Exactly right about a fact or idea
Exactly right in what someone says or does
Exactly correct in every detail
Exactly right and very accurate
Exactly correct about a fact or answer
Exactly right for a situation or need
Exactly correct in every word, matching the original text
Exactly at the right time or moment
Singing or playing the correct notes so it sounds in tune
Exactly as you plan or expect
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 Accurate
Surface Forms
Etymology
True originally meant 'faithful' (Old English trēowe), so being 'true' in aim or measurement means you are faithful to the target or standard and hit it accurately.