English Dictionary

true

/tɹuː/

adj

(of a statement) Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct. / As an ellipsis of "(while) it is true (that)", used to start a sentence

The weather is true today.

意味（1）

(of a statement) Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct.

意味（2）

As an ellipsis of "(while) it is true (that)", used to start a sentence

True, I have only read part of the book, but I like it so far.

意味（3）

Conforming to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate.

a true copy; a true likeness of the original

意味（4）

(logic) Of the state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result.

A and B is true if and only if A is true and B is true.

意味（5）

Loyal, faithful.

He’s turned out to be a true friend.

意味（6）

Genuine; legitimate, valid.

This is true Parmesan cheese.

意味（7）

Used in the designation of group of species, or sometimes a single species, to indicate that it belongs to the clade its common name (which may be more broadly scoped in common speech) is restricted to in technical speech, or to distinguish it from a similar species, the latter of which may be called false.

true sparrows (Passer)

意味（8）

(of an aim or missile in archery, shooting, golf, etc.) Accurate; following a path toward the target.

Whate'er the weapon, still his aim was true, Nor e'er in vain the fatal bullet flew.

意味（9）

(of a mechanical part) Correctly aligned or calibrated, without deviation.

Is my bike wheel true? It feels unsteady.

意味（10）

(chiefly probability) Fair, unbiased, not loaded.

Let Z_t be twice the value of a true die shown on the t-th toss.

意味（11）

(of a literary genre) based on actual historical events.

true crime

true crime true romance