TRUE

true

1. [Adjective]: expressing or given to expressing the truth; "a true statement"; "gave truthful testimony"; "a truthful person"

2. [Adjective]: consistent with fact or reality; not false; "the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"- B. Russell; "the true meaning of the statement"

3. [Noun]: proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment; "out of true"

4. [Adverb]: as acknowledged; "true, she is the smartest in her class"

5. accurately placed or thrown; "his aim was true"; "he was dead on target"

6. accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn''t quite true"

7. not synthetic or spurious; of real or natural origin; "real mink"; "true gold"

8. conforming to definitive criteria; "the horseshoe crab is not a true crab"; "Pythagoras was the first true mathematician"

9. reliable as a basis for action; "a true prophesy"

10. devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth; "true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them"

11. in tune; accurate in pitch; "a true note"

12. [Verb]: make level, square, balanced, or concentric; "true up the cylinder of an engine"

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