true
//tɹuː//
Forms
- Comparative
- truer
- Superlative
- truest
- Plural
- trues
- present (v1)
- true
- past (v2)
- trued
- past participle (v3)
- trued
- present participle
- trueing
- 3rd person singular
- trues
Definitions
1.Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct.
- True, I have only read part of the book, but I like it so far.
- This is a true story.
- As the is it gold is it blue? dress moment proved all too well, dividing opinion on social media is really not that hard. And, when it comes to GymTok, that couldn't be truer.
2.Conforming to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate.
- Your wish will come true in the near future.
- I want to find true love.
- What you say is usually true.
3.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.
4.Loyal, faithful.
- He’s turned out to be a true friend.
1.Accurately; in alignment.
- If the tyre doesn't run true (it wobbles as you spin the wheel), re-seat it by letting most of the air out and pulling the tyre away from the bead.
1.The state of being in alignment.
- The strength and number of blows depends on how far out of true the shafts are.
- The crate shifted on its pallet, out of sync now. As the lift withdrew, the crate skidded with it, dragged by friction and gravity, skewing farther and farther from true.
- She clapped her hands happily, and he thought how pretty she was really, that is, the upper part of her face, from the bridge of the nose down she was somewhat out of true.
1.To straighten (something that is supposed to be straight).
- He trued the spokes of the bicycle wheel.
- Don't attempt to true a wheel until you've a good idea what is causing the buckle.
2.To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust (often followed by up).
- We spent all night truing up the report.
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #414
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Common
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Uncommon
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English treowe, trew, trewe, triwe, true, trwe, from Old English trēowe, trīewe (“faithful, true”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz (“faithful, true”), from pre-Germanic *drewh₂yos, from Proto-Indo-European *drewH- (“firm, hard, true”).
Cognates