What (who) is TRUE - definition
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True (album); TRUE (Album); True (Album); True (song); True (disambiguation); TRUE
TRUE
literally means I agree, or a synonym for affirmative. Often repeated twice
Person 1: I'll pick you up at 6:00. Person 2: True, True.
Person 1: I'll pick you up at 6:00. Person 2: True, True.
true
¦ adjective (truer, truest)
1. in accordance with fact or reality.
rightly or strictly so called; genuine: true love.
real or actual.
2. accurate or exact.
(true to) accurately conforming to (a standard or expectation).
(of a note) exactly in tune.
(of a compass bearing) measured relative to true north.
correctly positioned or aligned; upright or level.
3. loyal or faithful.
chiefly archaic honest: all good men and true.
¦ verb (trues, truing or trueing, trued) bring into the exact shape or position required.
Phrases
come true actually happen or become the case.
out of (the) true not in the correct or exact shape or alignment.
true to form (or type) being or behaving as expected.
Derivatives
trueness noun
Origin
OE treowe, try?we 'steadfast, loyal'; related to truce.
true
I. a.
1.
Real, genuine, veritable, actual, pure, authentic.
2.
Truthful, veracious, authentic, conformable to fact.
3.
Faithful, constant, steady, loyal, stanch.
4.
Honest, honorable, upright, just, equitable, virtuous, trusty, trustworthy.
5.
Exact, accurate, correct, conformable to a rule.
II. ad.
Yes, ay, good, well, very well, well and good, granted.
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True
True most commonly refers to truth, the state of being in congruence with fact or reality.
True may also refer to:
Pronunciation examples for TRUE
1. VIDIT GUJRATHI: True, true, true, true.
Vidit Gujrathi _ Chess Grandmaster _ Talks at Google
2. JAKOB NIELSON: True, true, true.
Mobile Usability Futures _ Jakob Nielsen _ Talks at Google
3. VIDIT GUJRATHI: True, true.
Vidit Gujrathi _ Chess Grandmaster _ Talks at Google
4. It's true. It's true.
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5. True, very true.
Essays by a Girl from Somewhere Else _ Maeve Higgins _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of TRUE
1. It‘s not true, Barack. (CROSSTALK) CLINTON: That is not true.
2. What is true beneath the surface is also true above.
3. Wonderful news doesn‘t make these already–true facts true.
4. True, true, true. – Arthur Storey, Manchester Brown is just as responsible for all of these disasters as Blair.
5. Blair has always deluded himself that because he says something is true, or wants it to be true, it therefore is true.