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    True

    Definitions

    1 | adjective | consistent with fact or reality; not false 2 | adjective | accurately placed or thrown 3 | adjective | devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth 4 | adjective | expressing or given to expressing the truth 5 | adjective | conforming to definitive criteria 6 | adjective | worthy of being depended on 7 | adjective | not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed 8 | adjective | rightly so called (15 meanings)

    Pronunciation

    tr'oo (IPA: trˈu)

    Hyphenation

    true (no hyphenation) (4 letters | 1 syllable)

    First known use in English

    1205 (High Middle ages) (820 years ago)

    Word origins

    Old English |

    Overall typical frequency

    written: 510th most common (1 in 5495 words) ( > 99% adjective | 0% verb | 0% noun | 0% adverb)

    spoken: 429th most common (1 in 5650 words)

    (includes some inflected forms)

    Word frequency history

    Inflected forms

    truer | truest | trues | trued | truing

    Synonyms

    dead on target | devoted | leal | truthful | dependable | honest | reliable | genuine | unfeigned | lawful | rightful | on-key | straight | true up | admittedly | ... (total: 17)

    Antonyms

    false | imaginary

    Broader terms

    alignment | adjust | align | aline | line up (total: 5)

    Rhymes

    accrue | adieu | ado | anew | askew | babu | bamboo | bleu | blew | blue | boo | brew | canoe | chew | chou | ... (total: 105) (based on typical American pronunciation)

    Lexically close words

    tree | truce | trug

    Anagrams

    (none among common words)

    Phrases

    out of true | the true | tried and true | true anomaly | true bacteria | true bill | true blackberry | true-blue | true bug | true cat | ... (total: 48)

    Other notable uses

    True (US population: 8260 people, white: 92%)

    True (male, US rank: 1093rd)

    True (Wisconsin, 237 people)

    True Believer (Nicholas Sparks) | True Confections (Sondra Gotlieb) | True Grit (Charles Portis) | A True Deliverance (Fred Harwell) | Diana: Her True Story (Andrew Morton) | ... (total: 11)

    True Stories | True Romance | True Lies | True Grit | True Grit | ... (total: 31)

    true.com | true.net | true.org | true.biz

    Crossword puzzle clues

    "Can't argue with that" | "Honest to God!" | "How ___!" | "It is so" | "So ___" | "That's right!" | "That's right" | "___ Grit" (John Wayne film) | 1994 film "_____ Lies" | 50/50 test choice | Accurate | Actual | ... (total: 51) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

    Scrabble score

    4 (International English) | 4 (North American English)

    Texting form

    troo

    Phone keypad digits

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