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true up, dead on target, straight, real, on-key, truthful, admittedly, avowedly, confessedly Definition: proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment; "out of true";make level, square, balanced, or concentric; "true up the cylinder of an engine";accurately placed or thrown; "his aim was true"; "he was dead on target";reliable as a basis for action; "a true prophesy";accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn''t quite true";devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth; "true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them";not synthetic or spurious; of real or natural origin; "real mink"; "true gold";in tune; accurate in pitch; "a true note";expressing or given to expressing the truth; "a true statement"; "gave truthful testimony"; "a truthful person";consistent with fact or reality; not false; "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";conforming to definitive criteria; "the horseshoe crab is not a true crab"; "Pythagoras was the first true mathematician";as acknowledged; "true, she is the smartest in her class";
See Also: correct, right, faithful, genuine, echt, honest, honorable, sincere Attributes: truth, the true, verity Derivational Morphology:
true up
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