true

adjective

  1. 1

    accurately placed or thrown

    his aim was true

    he was dead on target

  2. 2

    accurately fitted; level

    the window frame isn't quite true

  3. 3

    devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth

    true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them

  4. 4

    in tune; accurate in pitch

    a true note

  5. 5

    expressing or given to expressing the truth

    a true statement

    gave truthful testimony

  6. 6

    having a legally established claim

    the legitimate heir

    the true and lawful king

  7. 7

    determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles

    true north is geographic north

  8. 8

    rightly so called

    true courage

    a spirit which true men have always admired

  9. 9

    not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed

    genuine emotion

    her interest in people was unfeigned

  10. 10

    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

noun

  1. 1

    proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment

    out of true

verb

  1. 1

    make level, square, balanced, or concentric

    true up the cylinder of an engine

Synonyms

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