true
The state of being in alignmentThe state of being in alignment.
Recorded UK: Association Shtooka, Judith Franck, CC BY 3.0 US, Wikimedia Commons · Recorded US: Dvortygirl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable)The state of being in alignment.
Ausrichtung, Zentrierung, Justierung
proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment
(obsolete, uncountable)Truth.
(obsolete)A pledge or truce.
Examples
3983 sentencesIt turned out to be true.
Це виявилося правдою. — deniko
ruЭто оказалось правдой. — marafon
deEs stellte sich als wahr heraus. — Manfredo
What the newspapers say is true.
Те, що пишуть у газетах, — правда. — deniko
ruТо, что пишут в газетах, - правда. — fjay69
What he said is not true.
Те, що він сказав, — неправда. — deniko
ruТо, что он сказал, — неправда. — afyodor
deWas er sagte, ist nicht wahr. — Dejo
His dream has finally come true.
Його мрія нарешті здійснилася. — deniko
ruЕго мечта в конце концов стала явью. — odexed
His story may not be true.
Можливо, його історія вигадана. — deniko
deSeine Geschichte ist vielleicht nicht wahr. — al_ex_an_der
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English treowe, trew, trewe, triwe, true, trwe, from Old English trēowe, trīewFrom 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”).
Variant of truce.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: truesWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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 dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.