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See more synonyms for truth on Thesaurus.com noun, plural truths [trooth z, trooths] /truðz, truθs/ the true or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth. conformity with fact or reality; verity: the truth of a statement. a verified or indisputable fact, proposition, principle, or the like: mathematical truths. the state or character of being true . actuality or actual existence. an obvious or accepted fact; truism; platitude. honesty; integrity; truthfulness . (often initial capital letter ) ideal or fundamental reality apart from and transcending perceived experience: the basic truths of life. agreement with a standard or original. accuracy, as of position or adjustment. Archaic fidelity or constancy. Show More
in truth , in reality; in fact; actually: In truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire. Show More
Origin of truth before 900; Middle English treuthe, Old English trēowth (cognate with
Old Norse tryggth faith). See
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-th1 Related forms truth·less , adjective truth·less·ness , noun mis·truth , noun non·truth , noun Can be confused truism truth (see confusables note at truism ) So·journ·er [soh -jur-ner, soh-jur -ner] /ˈsoʊ dʒɜr nər, soʊˈdʒɜr nər/ Isabella Van Wagener 1797?–1883, U.S. abolitionist, orator, and women's-rights advocate, born a slave. Show More
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Related Words for truth truthfulness ,
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actuality Examples from the Web for truth Contemporary Examples of truth Taraji manages to bring an equal measure of truth to the mother in her character.
The media tend to frame situations like this as aberrations, but in this case, quite the opposite is the truth .
And I need to ask why their truth makes me so defensive, as if my truth is the only truth .
I need to resist my urge to talk them into my truth , just so I can feel more comfortable and secure.
And besides, as a nation, we hold this truth to be self-evident: resolutions are made to be broken.
Historical Examples of truth The testimony of Pericles, Alcibiades, and Plato, confirmed the truth of his words.
"In truth , my father, I wished to avoid the pain of parting," rejoined Philæmon.
Listen to the voice that tries to win you back to innocence and truth !
But I got him too straight—let a drunken man alone for telling the truth when he's got it in him.
In truth , it's amazing to take count of the Western men among us in all the professions.
British Dictionary definitions for truth the quality of being true, genuine, actual, or factual the truth of his statement was attested something that is true as opposed to false you did not tell me the truth a proven or verified principle or statement; fact the truths of astronomy (usually plural) a system of concepts purporting to represent some aspect of the world the truths of ancient religions fidelity to a required standard or law faithful reproduction or portrayal the truth of a portrait an obvious fact; truism; platitude honesty, reliability, or veracity the truth of her nature accuracy, as in the setting, adjustment, or position of something, such as a mechanical instrument the state or quality of being faithful; allegiance Show More
Related forms Related adjectives: veritable, veracious Derived Forms truthless , adjective Word Origin for truth Old English triewth ; related to Old High German gitriuwida fidelity, Old Norse tryggr true
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Word Origin and History for truth n. Old English triewð (West Saxon), treowð (Mercian) "faithfulness, quality of being true," from triewe, treowe "faithful" (see true ), with Proto-Germanic abstract noun suffix *-itho (see -th (2)).
Meaning "accuracy, correctness" is from 1560s. Unlike lie (v.), there is no primary verb in English or most other IE languages for "speak the truth." Noun sense of "something that is true" is first recorded mid-14c.
Let [Truth] and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter. [Milton, "Areopagitica," 1644] Truth squad in U.S. political sense first attested 1952. Truthiness "act or quality of preferring concepts or facts one wishes to be true, rather than those known to be true," catch word popularized in this sense by U.S. comedian Stephen Colbert, declared by American Dialect Society to be "2005 Word of the Year."
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Idioms and Phrases with truth In addition to the idioms beginning with truth
truth is stranger than fiction truth will out also see:
gospel truth home truth moment of truth naked truth unvarnished truth Show More
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