trueadjective
usuk/truː/true adjective (NOT FALSE)
A2 (especially of facts or statements) right and not wrong; correct:
correct or accurate but not completely explaining something:
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- But I didn't invent the story - everything I told you is true.
- Do you think it's true that teenage girls are less self-confident than their male peers?
- I didn't know whether his story was true or not, but I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt.
- Is it true (that) she's gone back to teaching?
- I hereby certify (that) the above information is true and accurate.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
True, real, false, and unreal
- actual
- actuality
- actually
- all that glitters is not gold idiom
- apocryphal
- fairy tale
- faithful
- false
- falsely
- fictional
- glitter
- gritty
- nominal
- practically
- pretend
- proper
- properly
- properly speaking idiom
- pukka
- well founded
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true adjective (REAL)
B1 [ before noun ] being what exists, rather than what was thought, intended, or stated:
B1 If a hope, wish, or dream comes true, it happens although it was unlikely that it would:
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- This scandal raises new questions about the president's true character.
- It's when something really bad like this happens that you find out who your true friends are.
- We each give you a definition of the word printed on the card, and you have to say which you think is the true definition.
- I feel I've found my true vocation.
- The hero of the film finally finds his true self.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
True, real, false, and unreal
- actual
- actuality
- actually
- all that glitters is not gold idiom
- apocryphal
- fairy tale
- faithful
- false
- falsely
- fictional
- glitter
- gritty
- nominal
- practically
- pretend
- proper
- properly
- properly speaking idiom
- pukka
- well founded
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true adjective (SINCERE)
C2 sincere or loyal, and likely to continue to be so in difficult situations:
to behave according to your beliefs and do what you think is right
Someone who does something true to form or type behaves as other people would have expected from previous experience:
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- She was a true patriot to the last.
- He'll be remembered both as a brilliant footballer and as a true sportsman.
- He has been a true friend to me.
- She said she would stand by me, and she has been true to her word.
- His ministers remained true to him throughout the crisis.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Honesty, openness & sincerity
- (as) man to man idiom
- above board
- artless
- be on the level idiom
- bona fide
- bone
- in all honesty/seriousness/truthfulness idiom
- in good faith idiom
- integrity
- joke
- joking apart/aside idiom
- let's face it idiom 1
- nail
- squeaky-clean
- stainless
- straight arrow idiom
- straight up idiom
- straightforward
- transparent
- truly
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true adjective (HAVING NECESSARY QUALITIES)
[ before noun ] having all the characteristics necessary to be accurately described as something:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
True, real, false, and unreal
- actual
- actuality
- actually
- all that glitters is not gold idiom
- apocryphal
- fairy tale
- faithful
- false
- falsely
- fictional
- glitter
- gritty
- nominal
- practically
- pretend
- proper
- properly
- properly speaking idiom
- pukka
- well founded
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true adjective (ACCURATE)
[ after verb ] fitted or positioned accurately:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Straight, even and level
- be (as) flat as a pancake idiom
- clean-cut
- cleanly
- consistency
- even
- flat
- flatness
- flush
- glassy
- level
- plane
- rhythm
- seamless
- sleek
- smooth
- square
- steady
- straight
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Idiom(s)
truenoun [ U ]
usuk/truː/to not be in the correct position or to be slightly bent out of the correct shape:
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Bending, twisting and curving
- bent
- bowed
- buckle
- contort
- convoluted
- crook
- flexure
- fluted
- intertwine
- interweave
- knot
- matted
- meander
- meandering
- twine
- twisted
- twisty
- warp
- warped
- wring
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trueadverb
usuk/truː/straight and without moving to either side:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Straight, even and level
- be (as) flat as a pancake idiom
- clean-cut
- cleanly
- consistency
- even
- flat
- flatness
- flush
- glassy
- level
- plane
- rhythm
- seamless
- sleek
- smooth
- square
- steady
- straight
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