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Trueness

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Noun

1. the true, trueness, truth, verity

conformity to reality or actuality

Example Sentences:
'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'

2. loyalty, trueness

the quality of being loyal

3. trueness

exactness of adjustment

Example Sentences:
'I marveled at the trueness of his aim'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Trueness

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adjectiveWord forms: truer or truest
1. 
not false, fictional, or illusory; factual or factually accurate; conforming with reality
2. (prenominal)
being of real or natural origin; genuine; not synthetic
true leather
3. 
a. 
unswervingly faithful and loyal to friends, a cause, etc
a true follower
b. 
(as collective noun; preceded by the)
the loyal and the true
4. 
faithful to a particular concept of truth, esp of religious truth
a true believer
5. 
conforming to a required standard, law, or pattern
a true aim
a true fit
6. 
exactly in tune
a true note
7. 
(of a compass bearing) according to the earth's geographical rather than magnetic poles
true north
8. biology
conforming to the typical structure of a designated type
sphagnum moss is a true moss, Spanish moss is not
9. physics
not apparent or relative; taking into account all complicating factors
the true expansion of a liquid takes into account the expansion of the container
Compare apparent (sense 3)
10.  not true
11.  true to life
noun
12. 
correct alignment (esp in the phrases in true, out of true)
adverb
13. 
truthfully; rightly
14. 
precisely or unswervingly
he shot true
15. biology
without variation from the ancestral type
to breed true
verbWord forms: trues, truing or trued
16. (transitive)
to adjust so as to make true

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Trueness

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adverbWord forms: ˈtruer or ˈtruest
10. 
in a true manner; truly, truthfully, accurately, etc.
11.  Biology
with the same inherited trait or traits as a parent; without variation
to breed true
verb transitiveWord forms: trued, ˈtruing or ˈtrueing
12. 
to fit, place, or shape accurately
often with up
noun
13. 
that which is true; truth or reality
with the
adjectiveWord forms: ˈtruer or ˈtruest
1. 
faithful; loyal; constant
2. 
reliable; certain
a true indication
3. 
in accordance with fact; that agrees with reality; not false
4. 
a. 
conforming to an original, pattern, rule, standard, etc.
b. 
exact; accurate; right; correct
5. 
rightful; lawful; legitimate
the true heirs
6. 
accurately fitted, placed, or shaped
a door that is not true to the frame
7. 
a. 
real; genuine; authentic
a true diamond
b. 
conforming to the ideal character or having all the basic characteristics of such; rightly so called
a true scholar
8. 
determined by the poles of the earth's axis, not by the earth's magnetic poles
true north
9.  Archaic
honest, virtuous, or truthful

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Trueness

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adj. tru·er, tru·est
1.
a. Consistent with fact or reality; not false or erroneous: the true cost. See Synonyms at real1. See Usage Note at fact.
b. Not counterfeit; real or genuine: true gold. See Synonyms at authentic.
c. Conforming to the characteristics or criteria of a group or type; typical: a true crab; a true gentleman.
d. Properly called: true value.
2. Reliable; accurate: a true prophecy.
3.
a. Faithful, as to a friend, vow, or cause; loyal. See Synonyms at faithful.
b. Archaic Truthful, honest, or trustworthy.
4. Sincerely felt or expressed; unfeigned: true grief.
5. Rightful; legitimate: the true heir.
6.
a. Exactly conforming to a rule, standard, or pattern: trying to sing true B.
b. Accurately shaped, fitted, or placed: Are the wheels true?
c. Determined with reference to the earth's axis, not the magnetic poles: true north.
7. Quick and exact in sensing and responding: a true ear.
8. Computers Indicating one of two possible values taken by a variable in Boolean logic or a binary device.
adv.
1. In accord with reality, fact, or truthfulness.
2. Unswervingly; exactly: The archer aimed true.
3. So as to conform to a type, standard, or pattern.
tr.v. trued, tru·ing or true·ing, trues
To position (something) so as to make it balanced, level, or square: trued up the long planks.
n.
1. Truth or reality. Used with the.
2. Proper alignment or adjustment: out of true.

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