true (a)

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type a
lex_filenum 00
def consistent with fact or reality
def not false
examples the story is true
it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true B. Russell
the true meaning of the statement
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Also see correct, right; faithful; genuine, echt; honest, honorable; sincere
Attribute truth, the true, verity, trueness
Derivationally related form true → trueness
Antonym true → false
Similar to actual, genuine, literal, real; apodictic, apodeictic; truthful; sure
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Also see correct, right; faithful; genuine, echt; honest, honorable; sincere
Similar to actual, genuine, literal, real; apodictic, apodeictic; truthful; sure
Antonym false → true
Derived from adjective truly → true
Derivationally related form trueness → true
Attribute truth, the true, verity, trueness

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