true to

1. true to life . Consistent with reality, realistically represented, as in This painting is very true to life . [Early 1800s] For true to form , see under run to form .

2. Conforming to or consistent with, as in The speech was true to the party platform , or True to type, he died while working at his desk .

3. Loyal or faithful to, as in She knew he'd be true to his marriage vows , or, as Shakespeare had Polonius tell Hamlet, “This above all, to thine own self be true” ( Hamlet , 1:3). [c. 1200]

Example Sentences

I sought them out and mapped out what a true-to-life 21st-century caper would look like at the most powerful bank in capitalism.

From The Daily Beast

This is a heart-gripping story about redemption in an authentic and true-to-life way.

From The Daily Beast

That is, unhappily, still true, though not so true to-day as in 1886 or in 1893.

From Project Gutenberg

This was true to-day, and it extended back into old history carried down by word of mouth through the generations.

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We are all socialists nowadays, said Sir William Harcourt years ago, and that is loosely true to-day.

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This observation was made many, many years ago, but it is equally true to-day.

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Have you forgotten what I told you once—that stands true to-day as then, will stand true to the last hour of my life.

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