Meaning

3 senses
  1. To make exact; to correct for inaccuracy.

  2. (intransitive, nonstandard)To tell the truth.

  3. (obsolete, transitive)To assert as true; to declare; to speak truthfully.

    c. 1636 John Ford, The Fancies Chaste and Noble Had they [the ancients] dreamt this, they would have truthed it heaven.

Examples

4209 sentences
  1. You should tell him the truth.

    Ти повинен розповісти йому правду. — deniko

    ruТы должен был сказать ему правду. — shanghainese

    deIhr solltet ihm die Wahrheit sagen. — MUIRIEL

  2. You should always tell the truth.

    Завжди треба казати правду. — older

    ruТы должен всегда говорить правду. — Hellerick

    deMan soll immer die Wahrheit sagen. — Dejo

  3. Did he tell you the truth?

    Він сказав тобі правду? — deniko

    ruОн сказал Вам правду? — sharptoothed

    deHat er dir die Wahrheit gesagt? — Dejo

  4. Tom should tell Mary the truth.

    Том слід сказати Мері правду. — deniko

    ruТому стоит сказать Мэри правду. — sharptoothed

  5. I can't tell Tom the truth.

    Я не можу сказати Тому правду. — deniko

    ruЯ не могу сказать Тому правду. — odexed

    deIch kann Tom nicht die Wahrheit sagen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Origin

Inherited from Middle English trouthe, from Old English trēowþ, from Proto-Germanic *triww

Inherited from Middle English trouthe, from Old English trēowþ, from Proto-Germanic *triwwiþō, from *triwwiz + *-iþō. By surface analysis, true + -th. Doublet of troth. Cognate with Norwegian trygd (“trustworthiness, security, insurance”), Icelandic tryggð (“loyalty, fidelity”).

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Forms

truths, truthing, truthed, truthed
Base formtruth · to truth
3rd person singulartruths
Present participletruthing
Past simpletruthed
Past participletruthed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytruth
he, she, ittruths

Past simpleLesson

all personstruthed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave truthed
he, she, ithas truthed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill truth

Collocations

12 patterns
  • tell the truth
  • know the truth
  • the whole truth
  • out the truth
  • the truth about
  • the truth is
  • whole truth
  • is the truth
  • truth about what
  • the truth from
  • learn the truth
  • hide the truth

See also

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