Adjective Definition

true

1.Definition: accurately fitted; level

"The window frame isn't quite true"

Related Adjective(s):straight


2.Definition: accurately placed or thrown

"His aim was true"


3.Definition: conforming to definitive criteria

"The horseshoe crab is not a true crab", "Pythagoras was the first true mathematician"


4.Definition: 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", "The true meaning of the statement"


5.Definition: determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles

"True north is geographic north"


6.Definition: devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth

"True believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them"


7.Definition: expressing or given to expressing the truth

"A true statement"

Related Adjective(s):truthful


8.Definition: having a legally established claim

"The true and lawful king"

Related Adjective(s):lawful, rightful


9.Definition: in tune; accurate in pitch

"A true note"


10.Definition: not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed

"True grief"

Related Adjective(s):genuine, unfeigned


11.Definition: rightly so called

"True courage", "A spirit which true men have always admired", "A true friend"


12.Definition: worthy of being depended on

"He was true to his word", "I would be true for there are those who trust me"

Related Adjective(s):dependable, honest, reliable




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