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Meaning of true

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  true
      adv 1: as acknowledged; "true, she is the smartest in her class"
             [syn: {true}, {admittedly}, {avowedly}, {confessedly}]
      adj 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" [ant:
             {false}]
      2: accurately placed or thrown; "his aim was true"; "he was dead
         on target" [syn: {true}, {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"
         [syn: {truthful}, {true}] [ant: {untruthful}]
      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" [syn: {dependable}, {honest}, {reliable},
         {true(p)}]
      7: not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; "genuine
         emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true
         grief" [syn: {genuine}, {true(a)}, {unfeigned}]
      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" [syn: {true(a)}, {lawful},
          {rightful(a)}]
      11: in tune; accurate in pitch; "a true note" [syn: {on-key},
          {true}]
      12: accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite
          true" [syn: {true}, {straight}]
      n 1: proper alignment; the property possessed by something that
           is in correct or proper alignment; "out of true"
      v 1: make level, square, balanced, or concentric; "true up the
           cylinder of an engine" [syn: {true}, {true up}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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