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truth(noun)/truːθ/ /truːθ/Word Family- true adjective (≠ untrue)
- truth noun
- truthful adjective (≠ untruthful)
- truthfully adverb
- truly adverb
- the true facts about something, rather than the things that have been invented or guessed
- Do you think she's telling the truth?
- We are determined to get at (= discover) the truth.
- She had only spoken the truth.
- So now you know the truth.
- I knew the truth would come out in the end.
- The truth is that there are no easy answers.
- The truth of the matter is we can’t afford to keep all the staff on.
- The sad truth is that, at 72, he is past his prime.
- The simple truth is that new roads just encourage more traffic.
- I don't think you are telling me the whole truth about what happened.
- These documents reveal the truth about his past.
- The awful truth about his disappearance finally dawned on her.
- Only recently has the truth behind the killings emerged.
- It’s the gospel truth! (= completely true)
- I honestly don't know, and that's the truth.
Extra Examples- He was reminded of his duty to speak the truth when questioned in court.
- He was too fragile to handle the truth.
- Lawyers distorted the truth about the deal.
- She was determined to discover the truth about her boss.
- The simple truth is he's lost his job.
- They were motivated by the pursuit of the truth.
- Towards the end of the letter the cruel truth emerged.
- We are examining the matter to see where the truth lies (= which parts are true).
- We're going to try to get the truth out of this boy.
- What's the truth behind all the gossip?
- You've been hiding the truth from me!
- the hidden truth behind the events of the last four years
- the plain unvarnished truth
- the shocking truth about heroin addiction among the young
- the quality or state of being based on fact
OPPOSITE falsity
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/falsity - There is no truth in the rumours.
- There is not a grain of truth in what she says.
- His version of events does contain an element of truth.
- You must be prepared to prove the truth of these allegations.
Extra Examples- It's a good film but contains little historical truth.
- His explanation has a ring of truth to it (= it sounds like it could be true).
- The police doubt the truth of his statement.
- Dare anyone deny the truth of what we have said?
- a fact that is believed by most people to be true
COMPARE untruth
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/untruth - universal truths
- She was forced to face up to a few unwelcome truths about her family.
Extra Examples- Science, like theology, reveals transcendent truths about a changing world.
- We hold these truths to be self-evident…
- in search of the eternal truths of life
- the deeper truths that often go unspoken
- if you say that somebody has been economical with the truth, you mean that they left out some important facts, but you do not want to say that they were lying
- to say something that is not completely true
- I wasn’t exactly lying when I said I hadn’t seen her—I was just bending the truth a little.
- used to tell somebody the true facts about a situation, especially when these are not known by other people
- If the truth be known, I was afraid to tell anyone.
- used to emphasize the true facts about a situation
- She laughed and chatted but was, in truth, not having much fun.
- a time when somebody/something is tested, or when important decisions are made
- The moment of truth is when the trainee pilots take over the controls of the plane.
- used to say that a fact or comment is completely false
- She thinks I don’t like her but nothing could be further from the truth.
- I know you think she's mean, but nothing could be further from the truth.
- used when admitting something
- To tell you the truth, I'll be glad to get home.
- I got a bit big-headed, to tell the truth.
- To tell you the truth, I'm rather dreading his return.
- used to say that things that actually happen are often more surprising than stories that are invented
- used to say that people will find out the true facts about a situation even if you try to keep them secret
Word Origin- Old English trīewth, trēowth ‘faithfulness, constancy’ (see true, -th).
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