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"
9.Definition: in tune; accurate in pitch
"A true note"
10.Definition: not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
"True grief"
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