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truth
1[ trooth ]
noun
- the true or actual state of a matter:
He tried to find out the truth.
Synonyms: fact
Antonyms: falsehood
- conformity with fact or reality; verity:
the truth of a statement.
Synonyms: veracity
Antonyms: falsity
- a verified or indisputable fact, proposition, principle, or the like:
mathematical truths.
- the state or character of being true.
Antonyms: falsity
- actuality or actual existence.
- (often initial capital letter) ideal or fundamental reality apart from and transcending perceived experience:
the basic truths of life.
- agreement with a standard or original.
- accuracy, as of position or adjustment.
Synonyms: openness, frankness, candor
Antonyms: falsity
- Archaic. fidelity or constancy.
Truth
2[ trooth ]
noun
- So·journ·er [soh, -jur-ner, soh-, jur, -ner], Isabella Van Wagener, 1797?–1883, U.S. abolitionist, orator, and women's-rights advocate, born into slavery.
truth
/ truːθ /
noun
- the quality of being true, genuine, actual, or factual
the truth of his statement was attested
- something that is true as opposed to false
you did not tell me the truth
- a proven or verified principle or statement; fact
the truths of astronomy
- usually plural a system of concepts purporting to represent some aspect of the world
the truths of ancient religions
- fidelity to a required standard or law
- faithful reproduction or portrayal
the truth of a portrait
- an obvious fact; truism; platitude
- honesty, reliability, or veracity
the truth of her nature
- accuracy, as in the setting, adjustment, or position of something, such as a mechanical instrument
- the state or quality of being faithful; allegiance
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Confusables Note
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Derived Forms
- ˈtruthless, adjective
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Other Words From
- truthless adjective
- truthless·ness noun
- mis·truth noun
- non·truth noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of truth1
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Idioms and Phrases
- in truth, in reality; in fact; actually:
In truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire.
More idioms and phrases containing truth
- gospel truth
- home truth
- moment of truth
- naked truth
- unvarnished truth
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Example Sentences
The simple, awful truth is that free speech has never been particularly popular in America.
Taraji manages to bring an equal measure of truth to the mother in her character.
The media tend to frame situations like this as aberrations, but in this case, quite the opposite is the truth.
Their immediate response tells an important truth about a police slowdown that has spread throughout New York City in recent days.
And I need to ask why their truth makes me so defensive, as if my truth is the only truth.
And to tell the truth, she couldn't help wishing he could see, so he could make the game livelier.
Truth is a torch, but one of enormous size; so that we slink past it in rather a blinking fashion for fear it should burn us.
We are apt to think of these little ones as doing right only when under compulsion: but this is far from the truth.
To be wiser than other men is to be honester than they; and strength of mind is only courage to see and speak the truth.
Nothing but an extreme love of truth could have hindered me from concealing this part of my story.
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