true
adjective
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worthy of being depended onreliable
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accurately placed or thrown“My aim was true.”dead on target
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accurately fittedstraight
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devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth“true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them”
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in tuneon-key
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expressing or given to expressing the truth“a true statement”truthful
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consistent with fact or reality
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conforming to definitive criteria“the horseshoe crab is not a true crab”
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having a legally established claimrightful
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determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles
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rightly so called
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not pretendedgenuine
adverb
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as acknowledged“True, you are the smartest in our class.”admittedlyavowedlyconfessedly
noun
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proper alignment
verb
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make level, square, balanced, or concentric“true up the cylinder of an engine”true up