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/tɹuː/

adjective

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  1. 01

    adjective

    Based on facts and not false or imagined.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Loyal or faithful to someone or something.

Examples

  • All that which is invented, is true.

  • Indicate whether the following statements are true or false.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /tɹɪʊ̯/
  • /tɹjuː/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Conforming to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate.

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

  3. As an ellipsis of "(while) it is true (that)", used to start a sentence

More examples

In context

  • True, I have only read part of the book, but I like it so far.

  • It is unfortunately true.

  • This is a true story.

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Origin

adjective

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”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian trjou (“honest”), Alemannic German trüüw (“loyal”), Dutch trouw (“loyal, true”), German treu (“loyal, true”), Luxembourgish trei (“loyal”), Danish tryg (“safe, secure”), Faroese and Icelandic tryggur (“faithful, loyal; safe”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish trygg (“safe, secure”), Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍃 (triggws, “true; faithful, loyal”); also Irish dearbh (“sure”), Old Prussian druwis (“faith...