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truth
(tr/u//T/ )

noun (n)

  • a fact that has been verified(noun.cognition)
    Example:
    At last he knew the truth.
    The truth is that he didn't want to do it.
    source: wordnet30
  • conformity to reality or actuality(noun.state)
    Example:
    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.
    Synonym:
    the true, trueness, verity
    Antonym:
    falseness, falsity
    source: wordnet30
  • a true statement(noun.communication)
    Example:
    He told the truth.
    He thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it.
    Synonym:
    true statement
    Antonym:
    falsehood, falsity, untruth
    source: wordnet30
  • the quality of being near to the true value(noun.attribute)
    Example:
    The lawyer questioned the truth of my account.
    Synonym:
    accuracy
    Antonym:
    inaccuracy
    source: wordnet30
  • 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)(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    sojourner truth
    source: wordnet30
  • The quality or being true; as: -- (a) Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that which is, or has been; or shall be.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • To assert as true; to declare.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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