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What is a basic definition of truth?
Truth means the actual state of a matter, an adherence to reality, or an indisputable fact. Truth has several other senses as a noun.
The truth refers to the version of reality that we exist in. Putting it more simply, if you are “telling the truth,” you are describing the world as it actually is and not making things up or telling lies.
- Real-life examples: Police detectives try to discover the truth when investigating crimes so that they don’t arrest the wrong person. Criminals often hide or distort the truth so that they won’t get caught.
- Used in a sentence: I told my mom I passed the test, but the truth was that I failed it badly.
In a related sense, truth can also mean an agreement with reality or facts.
- Used in a sentence: We doubted that there was any truth to his claims of seeing Bigfoot.
Truth can also mean a fact or a statement that nobody disagrees with.
- Used in a sentence: Parents often have to tell their kids sad truths when a pet dies.
Where does truth come from?
The first records of truth come from before the 900s. It comes from the Old English noun trēowth and is related to the Old Norse tryggth, meaning “faith.”
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What are some other forms related to truth?
- truthful (adjective)
- truthless (adjective)
- truthlessness (noun)
- half-truth (noun)
- untruth (noun)
What are some synonyms for truth?
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What are some words that often get used in discussing truth?
How is truth used in real life?
Truth is a very common word that means reality as it actually is or statements that describe reality correctly.
The plain truth is vaccination in the U.S. will take many months and won't magically end the pandemic.
— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrTomFrieden) January 16, 2021
As a journalist or commentator, your job is not to maintain neutrality but to tell the truth. Neutrality is a judge's job, not yours.
— Ashok Swain (@ashoswai) January 16, 2021
The words we speak matter. That’s why I believe we need to speak words of truth and hope not only to ourselves but to others as well. Here are 20 things we should say more often if we want to make the world more positive: pic.twitter.com/6DzXSDzZtV
— Jon Gordon (@JonGordon11) February 5, 2021
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Is truth used correctly in the following sentence?
It was hard for him to face the truth that his cooking was bad because he had fooled himself into thinking he was a master chef.