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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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just
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /d???st/
- Rhymes: -?st
Etymology 1
From Middle English juste, from Old French juste, from Latin i?stus (“just, lawful, rightful, true, due, proper, moderate”), from Proto-Italic *jowestos, related to Latin i?s (“law, right”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?yew-. Compare Scots juist (“just”), Saterland Frisian juust (“just”), West Frisian just (“just”), Dutch juist (“just”), German Low German jüst (“jüst”), German just (“just”), Danish just (“just”), Swedish just (“just”). Doublet of giusto.
Alternative forms
- jes, jes', jest, jist, jus'
Adjective
just (comparative juster or more just, superlative justest or most just)
- Factually right, correct; factual.
- It is a just assessment of the facts.
- Rationally right, correct.
- Morally right; upright, righteous, equitable; fair.
- It looks like a just solution at first glance.
- c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, Act, Scene ,[1]
- My lord, we know your grace to be a man
- Just and upright.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Colossians 4:1,[2]
- Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
- 1901, H. G. Wells, The First Men in the Moon, Chapter 23,[3]
- Looking back over my previously written account of these things, I must insist that I have been altogether juster to Cavor than he has been to me.
- Proper, adequate.
Synonyms
- right, correct
- righteous, equitable
- proper, adequate
Antonyms
- unjust
Derived terms
- justly
- justness
- sleep of the just
Related terms
- justice
Translations
Adverb
just (not comparable)
- Only, simply, merely.
- (sentence adverb) Used to reduce the force of an imperative; simply.
- Used to convey a less serious or formal tone
- Used to show humility.
- (degree) absolutely, positively
- Moments ago, recently.
- By a narrow margin; closely; nearly.
- Exactly, precisely, perfectly.
- And having just enough, not covet more.
Synonyms
- (only): merely, simply; see also Thesaurus:merely
- (recently): freshly, lately, newly
- (by a narrow margin): barely, hardly, scarcely; see also Thesaurus:slightly
- (exactly): on the dot, smack-dab; see also Thesaurus:exactly
Derived terms
Translations
Interjection
just
- (slang) Expressing dismay or discontent.
Etymology 2
Variation of joust, presumably ultimately from Latin iuxta (“near, besides”).
Noun
just (plural justs)
- A joust, tournament.
Verb
just (third-person singular simple present justs, present participle justing, simple past and past participle justed)
- To joust, fight a tournament.
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Translations
References
- just in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- just in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- UJTs, juts
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan, from Latin i?stus, j?stus, from Proto-Italic *jowestos, from Proto-Indo-European *h?yew-.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /??ust/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?d??ust/
Adjective
just (feminine justa, masculine plural justs or justos, feminine plural justes)
- fair; just
- Antonym: injust
- perfect, almost perfect
Derived terms
- justament
- justesa
- preu just
- tot just
Related terms
- injust
- injustícia
- justícia
Adverb
just
- justly
Further reading
- “just” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “just” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “just” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “just” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Estonian
Etymology
From Middle Low German just or Swedish just. Possibly from German just. See also justament
Adverb
just
- exactly, precisely, just
- Sa tulid just parajal ajal.
- You came just at the right time.
- Sa tulid just parajal ajal.
- recently, just now, just
- Ma jõudsin just koju.
- I just got home.
- Ma jõudsin just koju.
- really (softens what has been said)
- Ta pole just töökas mees.
- He isn't much of a worker.
- Ta pole just töökas mees.
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish just.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?just/, [?jus?t?]
- Rhymes: -ust
- Syllabification: just
Adverb
just
- (colloquial, dialectal) just, exactly, precisely, perfectly
- (colloquial) recently, just now
Interjection
just
- (colloquial) I see, uh-huh, oh well
Synonyms
both:
- aivan
- juuri
- justiin
- justiinsa
- justsa
adverb:
- ihan
- tarkalleen
- täsmälleen
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin i?stus, j?stus.
Adjective
just
- just, right, correct, proper
- exact
- adequate
- apt
Derived terms
- justeapont
- justeben
Related terms
- justâ
- juste
- justece
- justificâ
- justizie
German
Etymology
Latin i?ste, i?stus
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /j?st/
Adverb
just
- (solemn) just
- Synonyms: gerade, (archaic) justament
Further reading
- “just” in Duden online
- “just” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Latvian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [just]
Verb
just (tr., 1st conj., pres. j?tu, j?ti, j?t, past jutu)
- to feel (to perceive with one's sense organs)
- to sense
- to palp
- to have a sensation
Conjugation
Derived terms
- prefixed verbs:
- izjust
- pajust
- sajust
- other derived terms:
- justies
Old French
Verb
just
- third-person singular past historic of gesir
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French juste, Latin j?stus, i?stus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ust/
Adjective
just m or n (feminine singular just?, masculine plural ju?ti, feminine and neuter plural juste)
- just, correct
Synonyms
- drept, adev?rat, echitabil
Swedish
Pronunciation
Adverb
just (not comparable)
- just; quite recently; only moments ago
- just; only, simply
- exactly, precisely
- Just nu
- Right now (At this precise moment)
- Det var just vad jag ville ha!
- That's exactly what I wanted!
- Just nu
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