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Definition true

Etymology

From Middle English trewe, from Old English tr?ewe, (Mercian) tr?owe (“trusty, faithful”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz (compare Saterland Frisian trjou (“honest”), Dutch getrouw and trouw, German treu, Norwegian and Swedish trygg (“safe, secure’”), from pre-Germanic *drewh?yos, from Proto-Indo-European *drewh?- (“steady, firm”) (compare Irish dearbh (“sure”), Old Prussian druwis (“faith”), Ancient Greek ????? (droón, “firm”)), extension of *dóru (“tree”). More at tree.

For the semantic development, compare Latin robustus (“tough”) from robur (“red oak”).

Adjective

true (comparative truer or more true, superlative truest or most true)

  1. (of a statement) Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct.
  2. Conforming to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate.
  3. (logic) Of the state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result.
  4. Loyal, faithful.
  5. Genuine; legitimate.
  6. (of an aim or missile in archery, shooting, golf, etc.) Accurate; following a path toward the target.
  7. (chiefly probability) Fair, unbiased, not loaded.
  8. (Of a literary genre) based on actual historical events.

Adverb

true (not comparable)

  1. (of shooting, throwing etc) Accurately.

Noun

true (countable and uncountable, plural trues)

  1. (uncountable) The state of being in alignment.
  2. (uncountable, obsolete) Truth.
  3. (countable, obsolete) A pledge or truce.

Verb

true (third-person singular simple present trues, present participle trueing or truing, simple past and past participle trued)

  1. To straighten.
  2. To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust.

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