true

Definitions of true in various dictionaries:

noun - proper alignment

verb - make level, square, balanced, or concentric

adj - consistent with fact or reality

adj - accurately placed or thrown

adj - devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth

adj - expressing or given to expressing the truth

adj - conforming to definitive criteria

adj - worthy of being depended on

adj - not pretended

adj - rightly so called

adj - determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles

adj - having a legally established claim

adj - in tune

adj - accurately fitted

adv - as acknowledged

Consistent with fact or reality; not false or erroneous.

Truthful.

Real; genuine.

Reliable; accurate: a true prophecy.

Faithful, as to a friend, vow, or cause; loyal.

Sincerely felt or expressed; unfeigned: true grief.

Fundamental; essential: his true motive.

Rightful; legitimate: the true heir.

Exactly conforming to a rule, standard, or pattern: trying to sing true B.

Accurately shaped or fitted: a true wheel.

Accurately placed, delivered, or thrown.

Quick and exact in sensing and responding.

Determined with reference to the earth’s axis, not the magnetic poles: true north.

Conforming to the definitive criteria of a natural group; typical: The horseshoe crab is not a true crab.

Narrowly particularized; highly specific: spoke of probity in the truest sense of the word.

In accord with reality, fact, or truthfulness.

Unswervingly; exactly: The archer aimed true.

So as to conform to a type, standard, or pattern.

Truth or reality.

Proper alignment or adj ustment: out of true.

adj - consistent with fact or reality

verb - to bring to conformity with a standard or requirement