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  [troo] adjective, tru⋅er, tru⋅est, noun, adverb, verb, trued, tru⋅ing or true⋅ing.
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–adjective
1. being in accordance with the actual state or conditions; conforming to reality or fact; not false: a true story.
2. real; genuine; authentic: true gold; true feelings.
3. sincere; not deceitful: a true interest in someone's welfare.
4. firm in allegiance; loyal; faithful; steadfast: a true friend.
5. being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something: the true meaning of his statement.
6. conforming to or consistent with a standard, pattern, or the like: a true copy.
7. exact; precise; accurate; correct: a true balance.
8. of the right kind; such as it should be; proper: to arrange things in their true order.
9. properly so called; rightly answering to a description: true statesmanship.
10. legitimate or rightful: the true heir.
11. reliable, unfailing, or sure: a true sign.
12. exactly or accurately shaped, formed, fitted, or placed, as a surface, instrument, or part of a mechanism.
13. honest; honorable; upright.
14. Biology. conforming to the type, norm, or standard of structure of a particular group; typical: The lion is a true cat.
15. Animal Husbandry. purebred.
16. Navigation. (of a bearing, course, etc.) determined in relation to true north.
17. Archaic. truthful.
–noun
18. exact or accurate formation, position, or adjustment: to be out of true.
19. the true, something that is true; truth.
–adverb
20. in a true manner; truly; truthfully.
21. exactly or accurately.
22. in conformity with the ancestral type: to breed true.
–verb (used with object)
23. to make true; shape, adjust, place, etc., exactly or accurately: to true the wheels of a bicycle after striking a pothole.
24. (esp. in carpentry) to make even, symmetrical, level, etc. (often fol. by up): to true up the sides of a door.
—Idiom
25. come true, to have the expected or hoped-for result; become a reality: She couldn't believe that her dream would ever come true.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME trewe (adj. and adv.), OE trēowe (adj.) loyal, trusty, honest (see trow, truce ); akin to D trouw, G treu, ON tryggr, Goth triggws

Related forms:
trueness, noun

Synonyms:
1. factual, veracious. See real 1 . 3. honest. 4. trustworthy; staunch, constant, steady, unwavering. 7. faithful.
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true   (trōō)   
adj.   tru·er, tru·est
    1. Consistent with fact or reality; not false or erroneous. See Synonyms at real1. See Usage Note at fact.
    2. Truthful.
  2. Real; genuine. See Synonyms at authentic.
  3. Reliable; accurate: a true prophecy.
  4. Faithful, as to a friend, vow, or cause; loyal. See Synonyms at faithful.
  5. Sincerely felt or expressed; unfeigned: true grief.
  6. Fundamental; essential: his true motive.
  7. Rightful; legitimate: the true heir.
  8. Exactly conforming to a rule, standard, or pattern: trying to sing true B.
  9. Accurately shaped or fitted: a true wheel.
  10. Accurately placed, delivered, or thrown.
  11. Quick and exact in sensing and responding.
  12. Determined with reference to the earth's axis, not the magnetic poles: true north.
  13. Conforming to the definitive criteria of a natural group; typical: The horseshoe crab is not a true crab.
  14. Narrowly particularized; highly specific: spoke of probity in the truest sense of the word.
  15. Computer Science Indicating one of two possible values taken by a variable in Boolean logic or a binary device.
adv.  
  1. In accord with reality, fact, or truthfulness.
  2. Unswervingly; exactly: The archer aimed true.
  3. So as to conform to a type, standard, or pattern.
tr.v.   trued, tru·ing or true·ing, trues
To position (something) so as to make it balanced, level, or square: trued up the long planks.
n.  
  1. Truth or reality. Used with the.
  2. Proper alignment or adjustment: out of true.

[Middle English trewe, from Old English trēowe, firm, trustworthy; see deru- in Indo-European roots.]
true'ness n.
Word History: The words true and tree are joined at the root, etymologically speaking. In Old English, the words looked and sounded much more alike than they do now: "tree" was trēow and "true" was trēowe. The first of these comes from the Germanic noun *trewam; the second, from the adjective *treuwaz. Both these Germanic words ultimately go back to an Indo-European root *deru- or *dreu-, appearing in derivatives referring to wood and, by extension, firmness. Truth may be thought of as something firm; so too can certain bonds between people, like trust, another derivative of the same root. A slightly different form of the root, *dru-, appears in the word druid, a type of ancient Celtic priest; his name is etymologically *dru-wid-, or "strong seer."
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True

True\ (tr[=oo]), a. (Biol.) Genuine; real; not deviating from the essential characters of a class; as, a lizard is a true reptile; a whale is a true, but not a typical, mammal.

True

True\, a. [Compar. Truer; superl. Truest.] [OE. trewe, AS. tre['o]we faithful, true, from tre['o]w fidelity, faith, troth; akin to OFries. triuwe, adj., treuwa, n., OS. triuwi, adj., trewa, n., D. trouw, adj. & n., G. treu, adj., treue, n., OHG. gitriuwi, adj., triuwa, n., Icel. tryggr, adj., Dan. tro, adj. & n., Sw. trogen, adj., tro, n., Goth. triggws, adj., triggwa, n., trauan to trust, OPruss druwis faith. Cf. Trow, Trust, Truth.]

1. Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or the like; as, a true relation or narration; a true history; a declaration is true when it states the facts.

2. Right to precision; conformable to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate; as, a true copy; a true likeness of the original.

Making his eye, foot, and hand keep true time. --Sir W. Scott.

3. Steady in adhering to friends, to promises, to a prince, or the like; unwavering; faithful; loyal; not false, fickle, or perfidious; as, a true friend; a wife true to her husband; an officer true to his charge.

Thy so true, So faithful, love unequaled. --Milton.

Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie. --Herbert.

4. Actual; not counterfeit, adulterated, or pretended; genuine; pure; real; as, true balsam; true love of country; a true Christian.

The true light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. --John i. 9.

True ease in writing comes from art, not chance. --Pope.

Note: True is sometimes used elliptically for It is true.

Out of true, varying from correct mechanical form, alignment, adjustment, etc.; -- said of a wall that is not perpendicular, of a wheel whose circumference is not in the same plane, and the like. [Colloq.]

A true bill (Law), a bill of indictment which is returned by the grand jury so indorsed, signifying that the charges to be true.

True time. See under Time.

True

True\, adv. In accordance with truth; truly. --Shak.
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Language Translation for : TRUE
Spanish: verdadero,
German: wahr,
Japanese: 本当の
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true 
O.E. triewe (W.Saxon), treowe (Mercian) "faithful, trustworthy," from P.Gmc. *trewwjaz "having or characterized by good faith" (cf. O.Fris. triuwi, Du. getrouw, O.H.G. gatriuwu, Ger. treu, O.N. tryggr, Goth. triggws "faithful, trusty"), perhaps ultimately from PIE *dru- "tree," on the notion of "steadfast as an oak." Cf., from same root, Lith. drutas "firm," Welsh drud, O.Ir. dron "strong," Welsh derw "true," O.Ir. derb "sure." Sense of "consistent with fact" first recorded c.1205; that of "real, genuine, not counterfeit" is from 1398; that of "agreeing with a certain standard" (as true north) is from c.1550. Of artifacts, "accurately fitted or shaped" it is recorded from 1474; the verb in this sense is from 1841. Truism "self-evident truth" is from 1708, first attested in writings of Swift. True-love (adj.) is recorded from 1495; true-born first attested 1591. True-false as a type of test question is recorded from 1923.
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true

In addition to the idioms beginning with true, also see come true; course of true love; dream come true; find true north; hold good (true); ring false (true); run (true) to form; too good to be true; tried and true.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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