Added 29 September 2026

true

/tɹuː/ adjective

In Latin: vērus Wiktionary

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Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct.
This is a true story.
As an ellipsis of "(while) it is true (that)", used to start a sentence
True, I have only read part of the book, but I like it so far.
Conforming to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate.
a true copy

adverb

Accurately; in alignment.
This gun shoots true.
Truthfully.

noun

The state of being in alignment.

verb

To straighten (something that is supposed to be straight).
He trued the spokes of the bicycle wheel.
To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust (often followed by up).
We spent all night truing up the report.

Origin

From Middle English treowe, trew, trewe, triwe, true, trwe, from Old English trēowe, trīewe (“faithful, true”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz (“faithful, true”), from pre-Germanic *drewh₂yos, from Proto-Indo-European *drewH- (“firm, hard, true”).

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