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Editorial note

We can try to deny it all we want, but most of the stuff that's there is true.

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Quick take

proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment; "out of true"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of true gathered in one view.

noun

proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment; "out of true"

verb

make level, square, balanced, or concentric; "true up the cylinder of an engine"

adjective

consistent with fact or reality; not false; "the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"- B. Russell; "the true meaning of the statement"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for true.

noun

proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment; "out of true"

verb

make level, square, balanced, or concentric; "true up the cylinder of an engine"

adjective

accurately placed or thrown; "his aim was true"; "he was dead on target"

adjective

devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth; "true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them"

adjective

expressing or given to expressing the truth; "a true statement"; "gave truthful testimony"; "a truthful person"

adjective

conforming to definitive criteria; "the horseshoe crab is not a true crab"; "Pythagoras was the first true mathematician"

adjective

worthy of being depended on; "a dependable worker"; "an honest working stiff"; "a reliable sourcSFLe of information"; "he was true to his word"; "I would be true for there are those who trust me"

adjective

not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; "genuine emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true grief"

adjective

rightly so called; "true courage"; "a spirit which true men have always admired"; "a true friend"

adjective

determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles; "true north is geographic north"

adjective

having a legally established claim; "the legitimate heir"; "the true and lawful king"

adjective

in tune; accurate in pitch; "a true note"

adjective

accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite true"

adverb

as acknowledged; "true, she is the smartest in her class"

See also: admittedly, avowedly, confessedly

Example sentences

We can try to deny it all we want, but most of the stuff that's there is true.

And it is true that API design choices reflect all sorts of creative forms of expression.

Everything Steve says about Amazon is true, only, it was much worse.

And at the end of the day, the only true creativity is the one that comes out of understanding.

I do not see a case where this happened, but if true would obviously be a critical bug.> 4. Replication just stops sometimes, without error.

That may be true, but to me it sounds like you're possibly not doing well enough to make any of that possible, and you probably need to find work fast.

Such copying is deemed fair because, while not significantly impairing the true commercial rights of copyright holders, it furthers the progress of arts and science.

That he's somehow looked past the person's "shortcomings"?It seems to me more people are interested in being internet bullies than achieving true social justice.

Never hit a plateau in pay, but nonetheless, I've found the best way to ratchet up is to change jobs which has been sad, but true - I've left some pretty decent jobs because somebody else was willing to pay more.

Somebody else pointed out that relearning the same thing over and over in new contexts gets old and that can be true, but I don't see how it can be avoided as long as there doesn't exist the "one true language".

Much in the same way, when you've crammed the ifs and elses, the fors and whiles, the variables and constants, the pointers and pointers to pointers, and pointers to functions, and pointers to pointers to pointers to functions, and then you go on to build that thingamabob or model that gene sequence or understand that earthquake, then you realize the true power of what you've been working with.