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- /tɹuː/
- [t̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷu̠ː]
- /tɹjuː/ archaic
- /tɹɪʊ̯/ dialectal
Rhymes with -uː
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *drewH-der.
Proto-Germanic *triwwiz
Proto-West Germanic *triuwī
Old English trīewe
Middle English trewe
English true
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”), Ancient Greek δροόν (droón, “firm”)), extension of *dóru (“tree”) (possibly also Proto-Slavic *sъdorvъ (“healthy”) from the same root). More at tree. For the semantic development, compare Latin robustus (“tough”) from robur (“red oak”).
adjective truer · more true · truest · most true · tru · troo
- Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct. This is a true story.
- As an ellipsis of "(while) it is true (that)", used to start a sentence True, I have only read part of the book, but I like it so far.
- Conforming to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate. a true copy
- Of the state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result. "A and B" is true if and only if "A" is true and "B" is true.
- Loyal, faithful. He’s turned out to be a true friend.
- Genuine; legitimate; valid; sensu stricto. The true king has returned!
- Used in the designation of group of species, or sometimes a single species, to indicate that it belongs to the clade its common name (which may be more broadly scoped in common speech) is restricted to in technical speech, or to distinguish it from a similar species, the latter of which may be called false. true sparrows (Passer)
- Accurate; following a path toward the target. Whate'er the weapon, still his aim was true, Nor e'er in vain the fatal bullet flew.
- Correctly aligned or calibrated, without deviation. Is my bike wheel true? It feels unsteady.
- Fair, unbiased, not loaded. Let Z#95;t be twice the value of a true die shown on the t-th toss.
- based on actual historical events. true crime
adverb tru · troo · tr00 · trew
- Accurately; in alignment. This gun shoots true.
- Truthfully. I tel you true my hart is ſwolne with wrath, On this ſame theeuish villain Tamburlain.
noun tru · troo · tr00 · trew
- The state of being in alignment. Some toolmakers are very careless when drilling the first hole through work that is to be bored, claiming that if the drilled hole comes out of true somewhat it can be brought true with the boring tool.
- Truth.
verb trues · trueing · truing · trued · tru
- To straighten (something that is supposed to be straight). He trued the spokes of the bicycle wheel.
- To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust (often followed by up). We spent all night truing up the report.
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Where it comes from
Variant of truce.
noun trues
- A pledge or truce.
TRUE³
adjective
- one of two states of a Boolean variable; logic 1.
True⁴
proper noun Trues
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia, United States.
- A town in Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
