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true - proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment; "out of true" |
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alignment the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other
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true - make level, square, balanced, or concentric; "true up the cylinder of an engine" |
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aline,
align,
adjust,
line up place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table"
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true - consistent with fact or reality; not false; "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" |
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false (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful; "a false friend"; "when lovers prove untrue"
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correct,
right free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision"
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faithful steadfast in affection or allegiance; "years of faithful service"; "faithful employees"; "we do not doubt that England has a faithful patriot in the Lord Chancellor"
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echt,
genuine not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather"
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honorable,
honest worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect; "an honorable man"; "led an honorable life"; "honorable service to his country"
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sincere open and genuine; not deceitful; "he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship"
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the true,
verity,
trueness,
truth an enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic truth
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genuine,
literal,
actual,
real not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather"
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apodeictic,
apodictic of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain
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truthful expressing or given to expressing the truth; "a true statement"; "gave truthful testimony"; "a truthful person"
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sure physically secure or dependable; "a sure footing"; "was on sure ground"
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true - accurately placed or thrown; "his aim was true"; "he was dead on target" |
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accurate conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale"
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true - devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth; "true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them" |
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faithful steadfast in affection or allegiance; "years of faithful service"; "faithful employees"; "we do not doubt that England has a faithful patriot in the Lord Chancellor"
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true - accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite true" |
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straight |
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even equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced; "even amounts of butter and sugar"; "on even terms"; "it was a fifty-fifty (or even) split"; "had a fifty-fifty (or even) chance"; "an even fight"
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true - conforming to definitive criteria; "the horseshoe crab is not a true crab"; "Pythagoras was the first true mathematician" |
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typical conforming to a type; "the typical (or normal) American"; "typical teenage behavior"
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adverb |
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true - as acknowledged; "true, she is the smartest in her class" |
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admittedly,
avowedly,
confessedly |