noun · verb · 19 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:tro͞oth
Received-Pronunciation:/tɹuːθ/
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General-American:/tɹuθ/
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rhymes with -uːθ
CMU ARPABET:T R UW1 TH
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
The truth is that our leaders knew a lot more than they were letting on.
Meaning relationships
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2
noun
Meaning 2
Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
There was some truth in his statement that he had no other choice.
Meaning relationships
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3
noun
Meaning 3
The state or quality of being true to someone or something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
Truth to one's own feelings is all-important in life.
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4
noun
Meaning 4
Faithfulness, fidelity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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5
noun
Meaning 5
A pledge of loyalty or faith.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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6
noun
Meaning 6
Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, model, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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7
noun
Meaning 7
That which is real, in a deeper sense; spiritual or ‘genuine’ reality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
The truth is what is.
Alcoholism and redemption led me finally to truth.
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8
noun
Meaning 8
Something acknowledged to be true; a true statement or axiom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
Examples
Hunger and jealousy are just eternal truths of human existence.
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9
noun
Meaning 9
Topness; the property of a truth quark.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: the true, verity, trueness
Antonyms: falsity
Broader terms: actuality
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *drewH-der. Proto-Germanic *triwwiz Proto-Indo-European *-teh2der. Proto-Germanic *-iþō Proto-Germanic *triwwiþō Old English trēowþ Middle English trouthe English truth 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”).
From the name of the platform, Truth Social.
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517 source translations are retained for this English entry.