Meaning & use
true
In accordance with fact or reality; accurate and not false.
See it in a sentence
It is true that the meeting has been moved to next Thursday.
Her account of the accident turned out to be completely true.
A note on using this word
True can also describe loyalty, as in 'a true friend', or precise alignment, as in 'the wheel is not true'.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To make something perfectly level, straight, or exact by adjustment.
The mechanic trued the bicycle wheel until it spun without wobbling.
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