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THE TRUE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Conformity to reality or actuality
Example:
he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities
Synonyms:
the true; trueness; truth; verity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("the true" is a kind of...):
actuality (the state of actually existing objectively)
Attribute:
true (consistent with fact or reality; not false)
false (not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality)
Context examples:
But when she began her song, and it reached Roland’s ears, he sprang up and cried: “I know the voice, that is the true bride, I will have no other!”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
He has been accused of many faults at different times, but this is the true one.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
The letter was from this gentleman himself, and written in the true spirit of friendly accommodation.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
“Faith? and love? and high ideals? The good? the beautiful? the true?”
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The movement of the throat when males are calling could constitute a visual signal, in which case the call itself would represent a by-product of the true signaling behavior.
(Tiny Brazilian Frogs Deaf to Own Calls, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The true noble men were above pity and compassion.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Here I discovered the true causes of many great events that have surprised the world; how a whore can govern the back-stairs, the back-stairs a council, and the council a senate.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
In an instant it was obvious that we had at last come upon the true place, and that we had not been the only people to visit the spot recently.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A discrepancy between a computed, observed, or measured value or condition and the true, specified, or theoretically correct value or condition.
(Error, NCI Thesaurus)
You are the only other person, save only these politicians, who knows the true facts.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
