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Meaning of truth | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A1 Common
tɹuːθ

Definitions

  1. True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality
  2. True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality.
    uncountable, usually
  3. An entry posted on the Truth Social platform.
  4. in truth, in reality; in fact; actually.
  5. Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy
  6. Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy.
    uncountable, usually
  7. fact
  8. Sojourner (Isabella Van Wagener), 1797?–1883, U.S. abolitionist and women's-rights advocate, born a slave.
    Isabella Van Wagener
  9. The state or quality of being true to someone or something
  10. The state or quality of being true to someone or something.
    uncountable, usually
  11. right
  12. (negative untruthful).
    negative
  13. Faithfulness, fidelity
  14. Faithfulness, fidelity.
    archaic, uncountable, usually
  15. eerlik بِصِدْق، بصورةٍ حَقيقِيَّه правдиво confiante pravdivě wahr troværdigt ειλικρινάsinceramente; verídicamente ausalt به راستی؛ بطور صادقانه rehellisesti véridiquement בֶּאֱמֶת सत्यनिष्ठा से, सत्यवादितापूर्वक, सत्यता से istinito, iskren szavahihetően, igazsághoz hűen secara benar sannleikanum samkvæmt sinceramente 本当は 정직하게 teisingai patiesi sebenarnya eerlijki overensstemmelse med sannheten zgodnie z prawdą په رښتینی ډول ، په رښتیا سره sem mentir (în mod) veridic правдиво pravdivo resničn...
  16. A pledge of loyalty or faith
  17. A pledge of loyalty or faith.
    obsolete, uncountable, usually
  18. eerlikheid, opregtheid صِدْق правдивост veracidade pravdomluvnost, pravdivost die Wahrhaftigkeit sandfærdighed ειλικρίνειαveracidad ausus صداقت rehellisyys véracité אֲמִיתוּת सत्यनिष्ठा, सत्यवादिता istinitost igazmondás, szavahihetőség; igazság kebenaran sannsögli veridicità 真実 정직함 ištikimybė tiesai, tiesumas patiesīgums kebenaran eerlijkheidsanndruhet prawdomówność, prawdziwość صداقت veracidade sinceritate правдивость pravdovravnosť; pravdivosť resnicoljubnost istinitost uppriktighet, sannin...
  19. Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, model, etc.
    uncountable, usually
  20. to confess or make a true statement. die waarheid vertel يَقول الحَق أو الصِّدْق признавам dizer a verdade říci pravdu die Wahrheit sagen indrømme sandheden λέω την αλήθεια decir la verdad tõtt rääkima حقیقت را گفتن puhua totta dire la vérité לוֹמַר אֶת הַאֱמֶת निर्भीक होकर सत्य बोलना priznati, reći istinu az igazat mondja mengaku segja satt dire la verità 事実を述べる 사실을 말하다 (pa)sakyti tiesą pateikt taisnību/patiesību bercakap benar de waarheid spreken fortelle sannheten mówić prawdę حقیقت ویل di...
  21. That which is real, in a deeper sense; spiritual or ‘genuine’ reality.
    uncountable, usually
  22. really; actually. To tell the truth I forgot it was your birthday last week. om die waarheid te sê حِقيقَةً، في الحَقيقَه всъщност para dizer a verdade abych řekl pravdu um die Wahrheit zu sagen for at sige sandheden για να πω την αλήθεια a decir verdad, para ser sincero tõtt öelda در واقع؛ حقیقتاً totta puhuen à dire vrai לוֹמַר אֶת הַאֱמֶת वास्तव में zapravo, iskreno az igazat megvallva sesungguhnya satt að segja (a dire il vero) 本当のことを言うと 사실을 말하자면 tiesą sakant patiesību sakot sebenarnya om...
  23. Something acknowledged to be true; a true statement or axiom.
    countable, usually
  24. verdad; realidad;___ serum → suero de la ___.
  25. Topness; the property of a truth quark.
    dated, uncountable, usually
  26. Conformity to fact or actuality: Does this story have any truth?
  27. In the game truth or dare, the choice to truthfully answer a question put forth.
    uncountable, usually
  28. A statement proven to be or accepted as true: truths about nature.

Equivalents

Afrikaans waarheid
العربية الحقيقة حقيقة
Azərbaycanca həqiqət
Български и́стина
Català veritat
Cymraeg gwir
Dansk sandhed
Deutsch Treue Wahrheit
Esperanto vereco vero
Español fetén neta verdad
Eesti tõde tõsi
Euskara egia
فارسی حقیقت
Français vérité
Gaeilge fírinne
Gàidhlig fìrinn
Galego verdade
Hausa gaskiya
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi ʻoiaʻiʻo
עברית אמת
हिन्दी सच सचाई सत्य
Magyar igazság
Bahasa Indonesia kebenaran
Íslenska sannindi sannleikur
Italiano verità veritate
日本語 事実 実態 本当 真実 真理 真相
Қазақша ақиқат шындық
ខ្មែរ ការពិត
ಕನ್ನಡ ಸತ್ಯ
한국어 진리 진실
Кыргызча чындык
Latina veritas vērum
Lëtzebuergesch Wourecht
Lietuvių tiesa
Te Reo Māori pono
Македонски вистина
മലയാളം സത്യം
Монгол үнэн
मराठी खरे
Bahasa Melayu kebenaran
Malti verità
မြန်မာဘာသာ အမှန်တရား
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਸਤਿ
Português juramento realidade verdade verdades
Slovenčina pravda
Slovenščina resnica
Shqip vërtetë
Kiswahili kweli ukweli
தமிழ் உண்மை
Türkmençe hakykat
Tagalog katotohanan totoo
Türkçe gerçek hakikat
ئۇيغۇرچە ھەقىقەت
Oʻzbekcha haqiqat
Yorùbá otitọ

Examples

“The truth is that our leaders knew a lot more than they were letting on.”
“The truth depends on, and is only arrived at, by a legitimate deduction from all the facts which are truly material.”
“The truth is that [Isaac] Newton was very much a product of his time. The colossus of science was not the first king of reason, Keynes wrote after reading Newton’s unpublished manuscripts. Instead “he was the last of the magicians”.”
“There was some truth in his statement that he had no other choice.”
“As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.”
“Truth to one's own feelings is all-important in life.”
“Alas! they had been friends in youth; / But whispering tongues can poison truth; […]”
“Ploughs, […] to make them go true, […] depends much upon the truth of the ironwork.”
“The process of grinding is, in fact, regarded as indispensable wherever truth is required, yet that of scraping is calculated to produce a higher degree of truth than has ever been attained by grinding.”
“The truth is what is.”
“Alcoholism and redemption led me finally to truth.”
“"Beauty is truth, truth beauty,"—that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.”
“Hunger and jealousy are just eternal truths of human existence.”
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
“When asked truth or dare, he picked truth.”
“The app's design looks like a clone of Twitter. Users can create a profile that shows who they're following. You're able to comment, share and like posts, which are called Truths.”
“And yet, I still wasn’t adequately prepared for the immersive experience of scrolling through hundreds of his Truths and ReTruths. Even for Trump, this feed manages to shock.”

CEFR level

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