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true(adjective)BrE / truː / NAmE / truː / - connected with facts rather than things that have been invented or guessed
opposite untrue https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/untrue - Indicate whether the following statements are true or false.
- Is it true she's leaving?
- Can you prove that what you say is true?
- All the rumours turned out to be true.
- I think it would be true to say that the show was a success.
- That's not strictly (= completely) true.
- The novel is based on a true story.
- His excuse just doesn't ring (= sound) true.
- Unfortunately, these findings do not hold true (= are not valid) for women and children.
- The music is dull and uninspiring, and the same is true of the acting.
- You never spoke a truer word (= used to emphasize that you agree with what somebody has just said).
- Are the following statements true or false?
- Is it true (that) she’s leaving?
- I got about half the answers right.
- What’s the right time?
- Only one of the answers is correct.
- Check that all the details are correct.
- real or exact, especially when this is different from how something seems
- the true face of war (= what it is really like rather than what people think it is like)
- The true cost of these experiments to the environment will not be known for years to come.
- He reveals his true character to very few people.
- having the qualities or characteristics of the thing mentioned
- It was true love between them.
- He's a true gentleman.
- The painting is a masterpiece in the truest sense of the word.
- He is credited with inventing the first true helicopter.
- used to admit that a particular fact or statement is correct, although you think that something else is more important
- It's true that he could do the job, but would he fit in with the rest of the team?
- ‘We could get it cheaper.’ ‘True, but would it be as good?’
- While the film is undoubtedly too long, it is nevertheless an intriguing piece of cinema.
- It can be argued that the movie is too long. It is nonetheless an intriguing piece of cinema.
- The film is undoubtedly too long. Still, it is an intriguing piece of cinema.
- Of course, huge chunks of the book have been sacrificed in order to make a two-hour movie, but it is nevertheless a successful piece of storytelling.
- Critics are wrong to argue that the film’s plot is too complicated. Certainly there are a couple of major twists, but audiences will have no difficulty following them.
- It is true that you cannot make a good movie without a good script, but it is equally true that a talented director can make a good script into an excellent film.
- It remains to be seen whether these two movies herald a new era of westerns, but there is no doubt that they represent welcome additions to the genre.
- showing respect and support for a particular person or belief in a way that does not change, even in different situations
- a true friend
- She has always been true to herself (= done what she thought was good, right, etc.).
- He was true to his word (= did what he promised to do).
- Many were executed for remaining true to their principles.
- Knights swore to be true to their lord.
- being an accurate version or copy of something
- The movie is not true to the book.
- The painting is a true likeness of her.
- straight and accurate
- His aim was true (= he hit the target).
- to become reality
- Winning the medal was like a dream come true.
- to give the impression of being sincere/true or not sincere/true
- It may seem a strange story but it rings true to me.
- used to say that you cannot believe that something is as good as it seems
- ‘I'm afraid you were quoted the wrong price.’ ‘I thought it was too good to be true.’
- that you have used or relied on in the past successfully
- a tried and tested method for solving the problem
- your real character, rather than the one that you usually allow other people to see
- It was only after they got married that he showed himself in his true colours.
- used to say that somebody is behaving in the way that you expect them to behave, especially when this is annoying
- True to form, she managed to upset everyone before leaving.
- seeming real rather than invented
- I don’t think the characters are very true to life.
Extra Examples- All her wishes came true.
- He has stayed true to his word.
- He was true to his word, and turned up on time.
- Her explanation doesn’t ring quite true.
- I have never felt more true to myself.
- It is literally true that I never heard of him until I was in my late twenties.
- It was like a dream come true.
- It’s hardly true to call cleaning windows a ‘profession’.
- It’s perfectly true that I didn’t help much, but I was busy.
- She stayed true to her principles.
- That is undoubtedly true.
- That’s not strictly true, I’m afraid.
- The story is more or less true.
- This degree of inequality was by no means true of all 19th-century marriages.
- This is in fact true in most situations.
- This is particularly true of older women.
- This principle holds true for all states.
- We hope that this will prove true.
- What applies at a local level holds doubly true at a national level.
- What is true for buyers is equally true for sellers.
- While technically true, this is unfair.
- While this is certainly true for some, it is not the case for others.
- ‘We could get it cheaper.’ ‘True, but would it be as good?’
- He’s a true gentleman.
- His excuse just doesn’t ring true.
- I think it would be true to say that the show was a success.
- Indicate whether the following statements are true or false.
- Is it true (that) she’s leaving?
- Is it your wish that I should sign these minutes as a true record of that meeting?
- It’s true that he could do the job, but would he fit in with the rest of the team?
- Many were executed for remaining true to their principles.
- She is not the true owner of this house.
- That’s not strictly true.
- The article isn’t at all true to what I actually said.
- The movie isn’t really true to the book.
- The music is dull and uninspiring and the same is true of the acting.
- The novel is based on a true story.
- The true cost of these experiments to the environment will not be known for years to come.
- This account is now accepted as a true reflection of what actually happened.
- Through that difficult period he proved to be a true friend.
- True to her prediction , it began snowing later that day.
- Unfortunately, these findings do not hold true for women and children.
- You never spoke a truer word.
- the true face of socialism
Word Origin- Old English trēowe, trȳwe ‘steadfast, loyal’; related to Dutch getrouw, German treu, also to truce.
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