/truː/
Translation
Real and right; matching the facts and not made up.
Word origin
Comes from an Old English word meaning faithful or to be trusted.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- treowe
Examples
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"True" asks if the fact is real and right.
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Here "true" means the story really happened.
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"True" shows the friend is real and can be trusted.
Something is real and right. A true fact matches what really happened. The opposite of true is false or wrong.
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