Truth
[truːθ] or [trʊθ]
Definition
(noun.) a fact that has been verified; 'at last he knew the truth'; 'the truth is that he didn't want to do it'.
(noun.) a true statement; 'he told the truth'; 'he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it'.
(noun.) United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883).
(noun.) conformity to reality or actuality; 'they debated the truth of the proposition'; 'the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat'; 'he was famous for the truth of his portraits'; 'he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities'.
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Definition
(n.) The quality or being true; as: -- (a) Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that which is, or has been; or shall be.
(n.) Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, object of imitation, or the like.
(n.) Fidelity; constancy; steadfastness; faithfulness.
(n.) The practice of speaking what is true; freedom from falsehood; veracity.
(n.) That which is true or certain concerning any matter or subject, or generally on all subjects; real state of things; fact; verity; reality.
(n.) A true thing; a verified fact; a true statement or proposition; an established principle, fixed law, or the like; as, the great truths of morals.
(n.) Righteousness; true religion.
(v. t.) To assert as true; to declare.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Fact, reality, verity, actual existence, matter of fact, stubborn fact, not a dream, not a fancy, not an illusion.[2]. Conformity to fact or reality.[3]. Principle, axiom, law, canon.[4]. Veracity, truthfulness, honesty, sincerity, integrity, frankness, ingenuousness, candor.[5]. Faithfulness, fidelity, constancy.[6]. Exactness, accuracy, nicety, precision.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Veracity, verity, fact, fidelity, faithfulness, exactness, accuracy, precision,[See FAITHFUL]
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Definition
n. that which is true or according to the facts of the case: agreement with reality: true state of things or facts: practice of speaking or disposition to speak the truth: fidelity: genuineness: righteous conduct: a true statement: an established principle: in the fine arts a faithful adherence to nature.—adj. Truth′ful full of truth: according to or adhering to truth: reliable.—adv. Truth′fully.—ns. Truth′fulness; Truth′iness.—adj. Truth′less.—ns. Truth′lessness; Truth′-lov′er; Truth′-tell′er one who speaks the truth.—adjs. Truth′-writ truthfully written; Truth′y truthful.—God's truth a thing or statement absolutely true; In truth truly in fact; Of a truth (B.) truly.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy which is the most ancient occupation of the human mind and has a fair prospect of existing with increasing activity to the end of time.
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Examples
- In speaking of education Plato rather startles us by affirming that a child must be trained in falsehood first and in truth afterwards. Plato. The Republic.
- Truth to tell, the supper had been waiting a most unreasonable time. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Rawdon acquiesced in the justice of her opinion; and in truth he had remarked that after a few nights of his little suppers, &c. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I have only a little time here, she said, but I would have you to know the whole truth. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Do you know, sir--do you know for truth--that it has pleased God to take her? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- In a still narrower sense the truth of the Preacher's declaration is apparent:-- In an address before the Anthropological Society of Washington in 1885, the late Prof. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- IF YOU WOULD FORGIVE YOUR ENEMY, says the Malay proverb, FIRST INFLICT A HURT ON HIM; and Lily was experiencing the truth of the apothegm. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Whether truth--be it religious or moral truth--speak eloquently and in well-chosen language or not, its voice should be heard with reverence. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- After all, I'd rather know the truth. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He had no suspicion that they ran any risk of being houseless until morning; had no idea of the truth until long, long afterwards. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I am not ashamed to tell you the honest truth. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Rosanna wasn't Nancy, and that's the truth of it! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Any of the staid, respectable, aged people who were there that night can testify to the truth of that statement. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Truth isn't a bad game, said Fred. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- To youto my two daughtersI may venture on the truth. Jane Austen. Emma.
- O, certainly, she will discover that, and a world of wholesome truths besides, no doubt, said St. Clare. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It contains as fundamental truths as have been uttered about education in conjunction with a curious twist. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Scientific law appeared not merely as a formulation and explanation of observed phenomena but as a means for the discovery of new truths. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Bear with the truths I would tell you now, dearest Emma, as well as you have borne with them. Jane Austen. Emma.
- This is a land of fancy, not of fact; so why bring in your hard truths to destroy the glory of tradition? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Is not the Republic the vehicle of three or four great truths which, to Plato's own mind, are most naturally represented in the form of the State? Plato. The Republic.
- Men living about London are aware of these awful truths. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Dorothea, with all her eagerness to know the truths of life, retained very childlike ideas about marriage. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I would suggest to such doubters certain obvious distinctions; I would remind them of certain simple truths. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- To formulate new truths in the world of ideas is the prerogative o f minds gifted with exceptional reason. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The old great truths BAD been true. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I must, I will tell you truths while I can. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Yes, but that truth is a thousand truths which grow and change. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Till then they would be pure truths for him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Half-truths and illusions, if you like, but tonic. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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