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Definition of 'Truth' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) truth
the true or actual state of a matter:
to tell the truth.

2.  truth
conformity with fact or reality; verity:
to check the truth of a statement.

3.  truth
a verified or indisputable fact, proposition, principle, or the like:
mathematical truths.

4.  truth
the state or character of being true.

5.  truth
actuality or actual existence.

6.  truth
an obvious or accepted fact; truism; platitude.

7.  truth
honesty; integrity; truthfulness.

8.  truth
(often cap.) ideal or fundamental reality apart from and transcending perceived experience.

9.  truth
agreement with a standard or original.

10.  truth
accuracy, as of position or adjustment.

11.  truth
Archaic. fidelity or constancy.

12.  truth
in truth, in reality; in fact; actually.

13. (n.) Truth
Sojourner (Isabella Van Wagener), 1797?–1883, U.S. abolitionist and women's-rights advocate, born a slave.


Definition of 'Truth' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) truth
a fact that has been verified
"at last he knew the truth"; "the truth is that he didn't want to do it"

2. (noun) truth, the true, verity, trueness
conformity to reality or actuality
"they debated the truth of the proposition"; "the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat"; "he was famous for the truth of his portraits"; "he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities"

3. (noun) truth, true statement
a true statement
"he told the truth"; "he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it"

4. (noun) accuracy, truth
the quality of being near to the true value
"he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"; "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account"

5. (noun) Truth, Sojourner Truth
United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883)


Definition of 'Truth' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1.  truth
the quality of being true or correct
There was no truth in her story at all.

2.  truth
a fact that most people recognize to be true
the shocking truths of war

3.  truth
to tell you the truth
used to admit sth in a truthful way
To tell you the truth, I never really liked her.


Definition of 'Truth' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Truth
the quality or being true; as: -- (a) Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that which is, or has been; or shall be

2. (noun) Truth
conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, object of imitation, or the like

3. (noun) Truth
fidelity; constancy; steadfastness; faithfulness

4. (noun) Truth
the practice of speaking what is true; freedom from falsehood; veracity

5. (noun) Truth
that which is true or certain concerning any matter or subject, or generally on all subjects; real state of things; fact; verity; reality

6. (noun) Truth
a true thing; a verified fact; a true statement or proposition; an established principle, fixed law, or the like; as, the great truths of morals

7. (noun) Truth
righteousness; true religion

8. (verb) Truth
to assert as true; to declare


Definitions of 'Truth' The Roycroft Dictionary 

Truth
1. A universal error.

2. A relation between one illusion (the outer world) and another (the inner world).

3. A prejudice raised to an axiom.

4. Something that a few will die for.

5. That which serves us best in expressing our lives. (A rotting log is truth to a bed of violets; while sand is truth to a cactus.)

6. Anything which happened, might have happened, or which will possibly happen.

7. The opinion that still survives.

8. An imaginary line dividing error into two parts.


Translation of 'Truth' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: trueness; the state of being true
I am certain of the truth of his story; `What is truth?' asked the philosopher.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: waarheid Arabic flag Arabic: صِدْق، صِحَّه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: истинност
Brazilian flag Brazilian: verdade Czech flag Czech: pravdivost; pravda German flag German: die Wahrheit
Danish flag Danish: sandfærdighed; sandhed Greek flag Greek: αλήθεια Spanish flag Spanish: verdad
Estonian flag Estonian: tõde Farsi flag Farsi: صحت Finnish flag Finnish: totuus
French flag French: vérité Hebrew flag Hebrew: אֱמֶת Hindi flag Hindi: सच्चाई
Croatian flag Croatian: istina Hungarian flag Hungarian: igazság Indonesian flag Indonesian: kebenaran
Icelandic flag Icelandic: sannleikur Italian flag Italian: verità Japanese flag Japanese: 真実
Korean flag Korean: 진실성 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: tiesa Latvian flag Latvian: patiesība; taisnība
Malay flag Malay: kebenaran Dutch flag Dutch: waarheid Norwegian flag Norwegian: sannhet
Polish flag Polish: prawda Persian flag Persian: صحت Pashto flag Pashto: روغتیا
Portuguese flag Portuguese: verdade Romanian flag Romanian: adevăr Russian flag Russian: правдивость; истина
Slovak flag Slovak: pravda; pravdivosť Slovenian flag Slovenian: resnica Serbian flag Serbian: istina
Swedish flag Swedish: sanning Thai flag Thai: ความจริง Turkish flag Turkish: gerçeklik, doğruluk
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 真實性,真理 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: правдивість; істина Urdu flag Urdu: سچائي، صداقت
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự thật Chinese flag Chinese: 真实性,真理

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