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/truː/

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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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This word is part of lesson 7.