Meaning & Definition of True in English

1. Proper alignment

• The property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment

• "Out of true"

1. Make level, square, balanced, or concentric

• "True up the cylinder of an engine"

1. Consistent with fact or reality

• Not false

• "The story is true"

• "It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"- b. russell

• "The true meaning of the statement"

2. Accurately placed or thrown

• "His aim was true"

• "He was dead on target"

3. Devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth

• "True believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them"

4. Expressing or given to expressing the truth

• "A true statement"

• "Gave truthful testimony"

• "A truthful person"

5. Conforming to definitive criteria

• "The horseshoe crab is not a true crab"

• "Pythagoras was the first true mathematician"

6. Worthy of being depended on

• "A dependable worker"

• "An honest working stiff"

• "A reliable sourcsfle of information"

• "He was true to his word"

• "I would be true for there are those who trust me"

7. Not pretended

• Sincerely felt or expressed

• "Genuine emotion"

• "Her interest in people was unfeigned"

• "True grief"

8. Rightly so called

• "True courage"

• "A spirit which true men have always admired"

• "A true friend"

9. Determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles

• "True north is geographic north"

10. Having a legally established claim

• "The legitimate heir"

• "The true and lawful king"

11. In tune

• Accurate in pitch

• "A true note"

12. Accurately fitted

• Level

• "The window frame isn't quite true"

1. As acknowledged

• "True, she is the smartest in her class"