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true
English
Alternative forms
- trew, trewe (obsolete)
- troo (nonstandard)
- tr00 (leet)
Etymology
From Middle English trewe, from Old English tr?ewe, (Mercian) tr?owe (“trusty, faithful”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz (compare Saterland Frisian trjou (“honest”), Dutch getrouw and trouw, German treu, Norwegian and Swedish trygg (“safe, secure’”), from pre-Germanic *drewh?yos, from Proto-Indo-European *drewh?- (“steady, firm”) (compare Irish dearbh (“sure”), Old Prussian druwis (“faith”), Ancient Greek ????? (droón, “firm”)), extension of *dóru (“tree”). More at tree.
For the semantic development, compare Latin robustus (“tough”) from robur (“red oak”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /t?u?/
- (US) enPR: tr?? IPA(key): /t?u/, [t???ü]
- (archaic) IPA(key): /t?ju?/
- (now dialectal) IPA(key): /t????/
- Rhymes: -u?
Adjective
true (comparative truer or more true, superlative truest or most true)
- (of a statement) Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct.
- Conforming to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate.
- (logic) Of the state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result.
- Loyal, faithful.
- Genuine; legitimate.
- Used in the designation of group of species, or sometimes a single species, to indicate that it belongs to the clade its common name (which may be more broadly scoped in common speech) is restricted to in technical speech, or to distinguish it from a similar species, the latter of which may be called false.
- (of an aim or missile in archery, shooting, golf, etc.) Accurate; following a path toward the target.
- (chiefly probability) Fair, unbiased, not loaded.
- 1990, William W. S. Wei, Time Series Analysis, ?ISBN, page 8:
- Let be twice the value of a true die shown on the -th toss.
- 2006, Judith A. Baer, Leslie Friedman Goldstein, The Constitutional and Legal Rights of Women: Cases in Law and Social Change ?ISBN
- In fact, few profit margins can be predicted with such reliability as those provided by a true roulette wheel or other game of chance.
- 2012, Peter Sprent, Applied Nonparametric Statistical Methods, Springer Science & Business Media ?ISBN, page 5
- We do not reject, because 9 heads and 3 tails is in a set of reasonably likely results when we toss a true coin.
- 1990, William W. S. Wei, Time Series Analysis, ?ISBN, page 8:
- (Of a literary genre) based on actual historical events.
Antonyms
- (of a statement, logic, loyal): false
- untrue
Derived terms
Related terms
- truth
Translations
Adverb
true (not comparable)
- (of shooting, throwing etc) Accurately.
Translations
Noun
true (countable and uncountable, plural trues)
- (uncountable) The state of being in alignment.
- 1904, Lester Gray French, Machinery, Volume 10:
- Some toolmakers are very careless when drilling the first hole through work that is to be bored, claiming that if the drilled hole comes out of true somewhat it can be brought true with the boring tool.
- 1922, F. Scott Fitzgerald, O Russet Witch! in Tales of the Jazz Age:
- She clapped her hands happily, and he thought how pretty she was really, that is, the upper part of her face—from the bridge of the nose down she was somewhat out of true.
- 1988, Lois McMaster Bujold, Falling Free, Baen Publishing, ?ISBN, page 96:
- The crate shifted on its pallet, out of sync now. As the lift withdrew, the crate skidded with it, dragged by friction and gravity, skewing farther and farther from true.
- 1904, Lester Gray French, Machinery, Volume 10:
- (uncountable, obsolete) Truth.
- (countable, obsolete) A pledge or truce.
Derived terms
- in true
- out of true
Translations
Verb
true (third-person singular simple present trues, present participle trueing or truing, simple past and past participle trued)
- To straighten (of something that is supposed to be straight).
- To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust.
Usage notes
- Often followed by up.
Derived terms
- true-up
Translations
Anagrams
- -uret, rute
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse þrúga, Proto-Germanic *þr?g?n?, cognate with Swedish truga. The verb is related to Danish trykke and German drücken (“to press”) (= *þrukkijan?), but apparently not to German drohen (“threaten”) (= *þraujan?) or English threaten (= *þraut?n?).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tru??/, [?t???u?u], [?t???o?o]
Verb
true (past tense truede, past participle truet)
- to threaten
Inflection
Further reading
- “true” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “true” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Middle English
Adjective
true
- Alternative form of trewe
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse þrúga
Verb
true (imperative tru, present tense truer, passive trues, simple past and past participle trua or truet)
- to threaten
Derived terms
- truende
- utrydningstruet
Related terms
- trussel
References
- “true” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- trua, truge
Etymology
From Old Norse þrúga
Verb
true (present tense truar, past tense trua, past participle trua, passive infinitive truast, present participle truande, imperative tru)
- to threaten
Related terms
- trussel
References
- “true” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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apt
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /æpt/
- Rhymes: -æpt
Etymology 1
From Old French apte, from Latin aptus, from obsolete apere (“to fasten, to join, to fit”), akin to apisci (“to reach, attain”); compare with Greek ?????? (?ptein, “to fasten”) and Sanskrit ???? (?pta, “fit”), from ??? (?p, “to reach, attain”).
Adjective
apt (comparative apter or more apt, superlative aptest or most apt)
- Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.
- Synonyms: appropriate, meet, suitable; see also Thesaurus:pertinent, Thesaurus:suitable
- a river […] apt to be forded by a lamb
- (of persons or things) Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.
- Synonyms: disposed, inclined, liable, predisposed, tending towards; see also Thesaurus:inclined
- 1874, John Lubbock, Scientific Lectures / On Plants and Insects
- This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of its leaves by a leaf-cutting ant.
- 1886, Frederic Harrison, The Choice of Books
- that lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers
- Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn.
- Synonyms: fit, prompt, expert, qualified, ready; see also Thesaurus:skilled
Derived terms
- aptly
- aptness
Related terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Clipping of apartment.
Noun
apt (plural apts)
- An apartment; a flat.
- 2010, David Dondero, Just a Baby in Your Momma's Eyes
- Where our apt used to be they built a fancy condominium high-rise.
Which at a lowly income none of us could ever really quite afford.
- Where our apt used to be they built a fancy condominium high-rise.
- 2010, David Dondero, Just a Baby in Your Momma's Eyes
Anagrams
- ATP, PAT, PTA, Pat, TAP, TPA, pat, tap
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- apa, apet
Verb
apt
- past participle of ape
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin aptus, likely through English apt.
Adjective
apt (indefinite singular apt, definite singular and plural apte, comparative aptare, indefinite superlative aptast, definite superlative aptaste)
- apt
Romanian
Etymology
From French apte, from Latin aptus.
Adjective
apt m or n (feminine singular apt?, masculine plural ap?i, feminine and neuter plural apte)
- apt
Declension
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