Main entry: true
Definition: proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment
Usage: out of true
Definition: make level, square, balanced, or concentric
Usage: true up the cylinder of an engine
Main entry: true, dead on target
Definition: accurately placed or thrown
Usage: his aim was true; he was dead on target
Definition: accurately fitted; level
Usage: the window frame isn't quite true
Main entry: true
Definition: devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth
Usage: true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them
Definition: in tune; accurate in pitch
Usage: a true note
Definition: expressing or given to expressing the truth
Usage: a true statement; gave truthful testimony; a truthful person
Main entry: lawful, true, rightful
Definition: having a legally established claim
Usage: the legitimate heir; the true and lawful king
Main entry: true
Definition: determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles
Usage: true north is geographic north
Main entry: true
Definition: rightly so called
Usage: true courage; a spirit which true men have always admired; a true friend
Main entry: unfeigned, true, genuine
Definition: not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
Usage: genuine emotion; her interest in people was unfeigned; true grief
Main entry: true
Definition: consistent with fact or reality; not false
Usage: the story is true; it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true- B. Russell; the true meaning of the statement
Main entry: dependable, honest, true, reliable
Definition: worthy of being depended on
Usage: a dependable worker; an honest working stiff; a reliable sourcSFLe of information; he was true to his word; I would be true for there are those who trust me
Main entry: true
Definition: conforming to definitive criteria
Usage: the horseshoe crab is not a true crab; Pythagoras was the first true mathematician
Main entry: true, confessedly, admittedly, avowedly
Definition: as acknowledged
Usage: true, she is the smartest in her class