true
adjective
us
/truː/ uk
/truː/true adjective (NOT FALSE)
A2
[ + that ] Is it true that Mariana and Mark are getting married?
if true The allegations, if true, could lead to her resignation.
true picture I suspect she gave a true picture (= accurate description) of what had happened.
strictly true She has since admitted that her earlier statement was not strictly (= completely) true.
true for Alcohol should be consumed in moderation, and this is particularly true for pregnant women.
this is true of Parents of young children often become depressed, and this is especially true of single parents.
See also
- correctThat answer is correct.
- rightAll his answers were right.
- trueIs it true that you were born in Sweden?
- faithfulThis is a faithful account of what happened on the night of May 30.
- But I didn't invent the story - everything I told you is true.
- Do you think it's true that teenage girls are less self-confident than their male peers?
- I didn't know whether his story was true or not, but I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt.
- Is it true (that) she's gone back to teaching?
- I hereby certify (that) the above information is true and accurate.
- actual
- actuality
- actually
- all that glitters is not gold idiom
- anger
- falsely
- fantastical
- fever dream
- fictional
- fictionality
- not so much idiom
- nothing could be further from the truth idiom
- nothing could have been further from my mind/thoughts idiom
- parallel universe
- post-factual
- untrue
- untruly
- unverifiable
- urban myth
- validity
true adjective (REAL)
a true friend
- realHe doesn't think climate change is real.
- trueHe had finally found true love.
- actualWe had 500 people register for the conference, but we won't have the actual number of attendees until afterwards.
- factualThere's no factual information at all in that email.
- This scandal raises new questions about the president's true character.
- It's when something really bad like this happens that you find out who your true friends are.
- We each give you a definition of the word printed on the card, and you have to say which you think is the true definition.
- I feel I've found my true vocation.
- The hero of the film finally finds his true self.
- actual
- actuality
- actually
- all that glitters is not gold idiom
- anger
- falsely
- fantastical
- fever dream
- fictional
- fictionality
- not so much idiom
- nothing could be further from the truth idiom
- nothing could have been further from my mind/thoughts idiom
- parallel universe
- post-factual
- untrue
- untruly
- unverifiable
- urban myth
- validity
true adjective (SINCERE)
- She was a true patriot to the last.
- He'll be remembered both as a brilliant footballer and as a true sportsman.
- He has been a true friend to me.
- She said she would stand by me, and she has been true to her word.
- His ministers remained true to him throughout the crisis.
- aboveboard
- anti-corruption
- artless
- artlessly
- artlessness
- earnest
- honestly
- in
- in all honesty/seriousness/truthfulness idiom
- in good faith idiom
- integrity
- joking apart/aside idiom
- sincerely
- squeaky-clean
- stainless
- straight arrow idiom
- straight up idiom
- the straight and narrow idiom
- transparency
- upright
true adjective (HAVING NECESSARY QUALITIES)
- actual
- actuality
- actually
- all that glitters is not gold idiom
- anger
- falsely
- fantastical
- fever dream
- fictional
- fictionality
- not so much idiom
- nothing could be further from the truth idiom
- nothing could have been further from my mind/thoughts idiom
- parallel universe
- post-factual
- untrue
- untruly
- unverifiable
- urban myth
- validity
true adjective (ACCURATE)
Idioms
true
adverb
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