adj.
(truer, truest)
- in accordance with fact or reality.
▸rightly or strictly so called; genuine:
true love.
▸real or actual.
- accurate or exact.
▸
(true to)
accurately conforming to (a standard or expectation).
▸(of a note) exactly in tune.
▸(of a compass bearing) measured relative to true north.
▸correctly positioned or aligned; upright or level.
- loyal or faithful.
▸
chiefly archaic honest:
all good men and true.
v.
(trues, truing or trueing, trued)
bring into the exact shape or position required.
Phrase
- come true
actually happen or become the case. - out of
(the)
true
not in the correct or exact shape or alignment. - true to form
(or type)
being or behaving as expected.
Derivative
Etymology
OE trēowe, trȳwe ‘steadfast, loyal’; rel. to truce.