📖 Определения и значения для слова true
📒 connected with facts rather than things that have been invented or guessed
- Indicate whether the following statements are true or false.
- Can you prove that what you say is true?
- All the rumours turned out to be true.
📒 real or exact, especially when this is different from how something seems
- the true face of war (= what it is really like rather than what people think it is like)
- This project demonstrates the true value of teamwork.
- The true cost of these experiments to the environment will not be known for years to come.
📒 having the qualities or characteristics of the thing mentioned
- It was true love between them.
- He's a true gentleman.
- The painting is a masterpiece in the truest sense of the word.
📒 used to admit that a particular fact or statement is correct, although you think that something else is more important
- true (that)… It's true that he could do the job, but would he fit in with the rest of the team?
- It's perfectly true that I didn't help much, but I was busy.
- ‘We could get it cheaper.’ ‘True, but would it be as good?’
📒 showing respect and support for a particular person or belief in a way that does not change, even in different situations
- a true friend
- true to somebody/something She has always been true to herself (= done what she thought was good, right, etc.).
- He was true to his word (= did what he promised to do).
📒 being an accurate version or copy of something
- The movie is not true to the book.
- The painting is a true likeness of her.
- The article isn't at all true to what I actually said.
📒 straight and accurate
- His aim was true (= he hit the target).
📒 to become reality
- Winning the medal was like a dream come true.
- All her wishes came true.
📒 to give the impression of being sincere/true or not sincere/true
- It may seem a strange story but it rings true to me.
- His expressions of support rang rather hollow.
- His promise rang hollow.
📒 used to say that you cannot believe that something is as good as it seems
- ‘I'm afraid you were quoted the wrong price.’ ‘I thought it was too good to be true.’
📒 that you have used or relied on in the past successfully
- a tried and true method for solving the problem
📒 your real character, rather than the one that you usually allow other people to see
- It was only after they got married that he showed himself in his true colours.
📒 used to say that somebody is behaving in the way that you expect them to behave, especially when this is annoying
- True to form, she managed to upset everyone before leaving.
📒 seeming real rather than invented
- I don’t think the characters are very true to life.