true

Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct.

• This is a true story.

Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct.; 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
• a true likeness of the original

Of the state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result.

• "A and B" is true if and only if "A" is true and "B" is true.

Loyal, faithful.

• He’s turned out to be a true friend.

Genuine; legitimate; valid; sensu stricto.

• The true king has returned!
• This is true Parmesan cheese — it is from the Parma region.

Genuine; legitimate; valid; sensu stricto.; Used in the designation of group of species, or sometimes a single species, to indicate that it belongs to the clade its common name (which may be more broadly scoped in common speech) is restricted to in technical speech, or to distinguish it from a similar species, the latter of which may be calle

• true sparrows (Passer)
• true spiders

Accurate; following a path toward the target.usually

• Whate'er the weapon, still his aim was true, Nor e'er in vain the fatal bullet flew.
• I held my breath and struck the ball. My aim was true, but I didn't give the damn thing enough gas. It died three feet from the cup.

Correctly aligned or calibrated, without deviation.

• Is my bike wheel true? It feels unsteady.

Fair, unbiased, not loaded.

• Let Z#95;t be twice the value of a true die shown on the t-th toss.
• In fact, few profit margins can be predicted with such reliability as those provided by a true roulette wheel or other game of chance.

Accurately; in alignment.not-comparable

• This gun shoots true.

Truthfully.archaicnot-comparable

• I tel you true my hart is ſwolne with wrath, On this ſame theeuish villain Tamburlain.
• What am I to you? Tell me, darling, true.

The state of being in alignment.uncountable

• Some toolmakers are very careless when drilling the first hole through work that is to be bored, claiming that if the drilled hole comes out of true somewhat it can be brought true with the boring tool.
• She clapped her hands happily, and he thought how pretty she was really, that is, the upper part of her face—from the bridge of the nose down she was somewhat out of true.

Truth.obsoleteuncountable

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.

A pledge or truce.obsolete