HyperDic: true

English > 15 senses of the word *true*:
ADJECTIVE	all	true	consistent with fact or reality
	all	true, dead on target	accurately placed or thrown
	all	true	devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth
	all	true, truthful	expressing or given to expressing the truth
	all	true	conforming to definitive criteria
	all	true, dependable, honest, reliable	worthy of being depended on
	all	true, genuine, unfeigned	not pretended
	all	true	rightly so called
	all	true	determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles
	all	true, lawful, rightful	having a legally established claim
	all	true, on-key	in tune
	all	true, straight	accurately fitted
ADVERB	all	true, admittedly, avowedly, confessedly	as acknowledged
NOUN	attribute	true	proper alignment
VERB	change	true, true up	make level, square, balanced, or concentric

true > pronunciation
Sounds	truw'
Rhymes	accrue ... untrue: 23 rhymes with ruw...

English > *true*: 15 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	consistent with fact or reality; not false.
Examples	"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"
Attribute of	truth, the true, verity, trueness	conformity to reality or actuality
Narrower	actual, genuine, literal, real	Being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
	apodictic, apodeictic	Of a proposition
	sure	infallible or unfailing
	truthful	conforming to truth
See also	correct, right	Free from error
	faithful	steadfast in affection or allegiance
	genuine, echt	not fake or counterfeit
	honest, honorable	not disposed to cheat or defraud
	sincere	open and genuine
Opposite	false	not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
Spanish	cierto, verdadero
Catalan	veritable
Nouns	trueness	conformity to reality or actuality
Adverbs	truly	in accordance with truth or fact or reality

English > *true*: 15 senses > adjective 2
Meaning	accurately placed or thrown.
Example	"his aim was true"
Synonym	dead on target
Broader	accurate	conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy
Nouns	trueness	exactness of adjustment

English > *true*: 15 senses > adjective 3
Meaning	devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth.
Example	"true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them"
Broader	faithful	steadfast in affection or allegiance
Spanish	fiel
Nouns	trueness	the quality of being loyal

English > *true*: 15 senses > adjective 4
Meaning	Expressing or given to expressing the truth.
Example	"a true statement"
Synonym	truthful
Narrower	honest	marked by truth
Narrower	veracious	Habitually speaking the truth
See also	honest, honorable	not disposed to cheat or defraud
Opposite	untruthful	not expressing or given to expressing the truth
Spanish	verídico

English > *true*: 15 senses > adjective 5
Meaning	conforming to definitive criteria.
Examples	"the horseshoe crab is not a true crab" "Pythagoras was the first true mathematician"
Broader	typical	Exhibiting the qualities or characteristics / characteristics that identify a group or kind or category / category
Spanish	auténtico, genuino

English > *true*: 15 senses > adjective 6
Meaning	worthy of being depended on.
Examples	"he was true to his word" "I would be true for there are those who trust me"
Synonyms	dependable, honest, reliable
Broader	trustworthy, trusty	worthy of trust / trust or belief
Spanish	confiable, fiable, honesto
Catalan	fiable
Nouns	trueness	the quality of being loyal

English > *true*: 15 senses > adjective 7
Meaning	not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed.
Example	"true grief"
Synonyms	genuine, unfeigned
Broader	sincere	open and genuine
Spanish	auténtico, franco, verdadero
Adverbs	truly	with sincerity

English > *true*: 15 senses > adjective 8
Meaning	rightly so called.
Examples	"true courage" "a spirit which true men have always admired" "a true friend"
Broader	real	no less than what is stated

English > *true*: 15 senses > adjective 9
Meaning	Determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles.
Example	"true north is geographic north"
Broader	geographic, geographical	Determined by geography

English > *true*: 15 senses > adjective 10
Meaning	Having a legally established claim.
Example	"the true and lawful king"
Synonyms	lawful, rightful
Broader	legitimate	Of marriages and offspring
Spanish	legítimo, verdadero
Catalan	legítim, veritable
Adverbs	truly	by right

English > *true*: 15 senses > adjective 11
Meaning	In tune; accurate in pitch.
Example	"a true note"
Synonym	on-key
Broader	harmonious	musically pleasing
Spanish	buen

English > *true*: 15 senses > adjective 12
Meaning	accurately fitted; level.
Example	"the window frame isn't quite true"
Synonym	straight
Broader	even	Level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture
Spanish	regular

English > *true*: 15 senses > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	Proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment.
Example	"out of true"
Broader	alignment	The spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines
Verbs	true	make level, square, balanced, or concentric

English > *true*: 15 senses > adverb 1
Meaning	As acknowledged.
Example	"true, she is the smartest in her class"
Synonyms	admittedly, avowedly, confessedly
Spanish	la verdad es que, reconocidamente
Catalan	certament

English > *true*: 15 senses > verb 1, change
Meaning	make level, square, balanced, or concentric.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Example	"true up the cylinder of an engine"
Synonym	true up
Broader	align, aline, line up, adjust	place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
Spanish	equilibrar
Catalan	equilibrar
Nouns	true	proper alignment

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