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truth

Pronunciation: /tɹuːθ/

The English word “truth” has 13 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality.
  2. Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy.
  3. The state or quality of being true to someone or something.
  4. Faithfulness, fidelity.
  5. A pledge of loyalty or faith.
  6. Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, model, etc.
  7. That which is real, in a deeper sense; spiritual or ‘genuine’ reality.
  8. Something acknowledged to be true; a true statement or axiom.
  9. Topness; the property of a truth quark.
  10. In the game truth or dare, the choice to truthfully answer a question put forth.

verb

  1. To assert as true; to declare; to speak truthfully.
  2. To make exact; to correct for inaccuracy.
  3. To tell the truth.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English trouthe, from Old English trēowþ, from Proto-Germanic *triwwiþō, from *triwwiz + *-iþō. By surface analysis, true + -th. Doublet of troth. Cognate with Norwegian trygd (“trustworthiness, security, insurance”), Icelandic tryggð (“loyalty, fidelity”).

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