Meaning

11 senses
  1. Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct.

    This is a true story.

    consistent with fact or reality; not false

  2. Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct.

    As an ellipsis of "(while) it is true (that)", used to start a sentence

    True, I have only read part of the book, but I like it so far.

  3. Conforming to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate.

    a true copy

    a true likeness of the original

  4. Of the state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result.

    "A and B" is true if and only if "A" is true and "B" is true.

    wahr

    и́стинаístina, ве́рныйvérnyj, и́стинныйístinnyj

  5. Loyal, faithful.

    He’s turned out to be a true friend.

    wahr, treu, echt

    ве́рныйvérnyj, пре́данныйprédannyj, лоя́льныйlojálʹnyj

    ві́рнийvírnyj

  6. Genuine; legitimate; valid; sensu stricto.

    The true king has returned!

    This is true Parmesan cheese — it is from the Parma region.

    echt, wahr, eigentlich

    настоя́щийnastojáščij, по́длинныйpódlinnyj, и́стинныйístinnyj

  7. Genuine; legitimate; valid; sensu stricto.

    Used in the designation of group of species, or sometimes a single species, to indicate that it belongs to the clade its common name (which may be more broadly scoped in common speech) is restricted to in technical speech, or to distinguish it from a similar species, the latter of which may be called false.

    true sparrows (Passer)

    true spiders

  8. (usually)Accurate; following a path toward the target.

  9. Correctly aligned or calibrated, without deviation.

    Is my bike wheel true? It feels unsteady.

  10. Fair, unbiased, not loaded.

  11. Based on actual historical events.

    true crime

    true romance

Examples

3983 sentences
  1. It turned out to be true.

    Це виявилося правдою.

    ruЭто оказалось правдой.

    deEs stellte sich als wahr heraus.

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  2. What the newspapers say is true.

    Те, що пишуть у газетах, — правда.

    ruТо, что пишут в газетах, - правда.

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  3. What he said is not true.

    Те, що він сказав, — неправда.

    ruТо, что он сказал, — неправда.

    deWas er sagte, ist nicht wahr.

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  4. His dream has finally come true.

    Його мрія нарешті здійснилася.

    ruЕго мечта в конце концов стала явью.

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  5. His story may not be true.

    Можливо, його історія вигадана.

    deSeine Geschichte ist vielleicht nicht wahr.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
concurring with a given set of facts:
Русский
By meaning 4
concurring with a given set of facts:
state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result:
loyal, faithful:
genuine, legitimate:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
concurring with a given set of facts:
loyal, faithful:
genuine, legitimate:

Origin

From Middle English treowe, trew, trewe, triwe, true, trwe, from Old English trēowe, trīew

From Middle English treowe, trew, trewe, triwe, true, trwe, from Old English trēowe, trīewe (“faithful, true”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz (“faithful, true”), from pre-Germanic *drewh₂yos, from Proto-Indo-European *drewH- (“firm, hard, true”).

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Forms

truer/more true, truest/most true
Comparativetruer / more true Lesson
Superlativetruest / most true Lesson

regular

Synonyms

36 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

22 antonyms

Word family

84 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • said is true
  • that isn't true
  • dream come true
  • come true
  • rumor is true
  • story is true
  • came came true
  • this is true
  • true or not
  • says is true
  • to be true
  • will come true

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
true — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto