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  • 1true — [[t]tru͟ː[/t]] ♦♦ truer, truest 1) ADJ GRADED: oft it v link ADJ that If something is true, it is based on facts rather than being invented or imagined, and is accurate and reliable. Everything I had heard about him was true... He said it was… …

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  • 2true — adj. 1 right or correct VERBS ▪ be, ring, seem, sound ▪ Her explanation doesn t ring quite true. ▪ come ▪ All her wishes came tr …

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  • 3true — true1 [ tru ] adjective *** ▸ 1 based on fact ▸ 2 real/actual ▸ 3 with right qualities ▸ 4 always loyal ▸ 5 straight/upright/level ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) based on facts or things that really happen, and not made up: The film is based on a true story.… …

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  • 4true — I UK [truː] / US [tru] adjective Word forms true : adjective true comparative truer superlative truest *** Ways of emphasizing that something is true: Actually/In actual fact → used for saying what is really true, when this is different from what …

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  • 5true to form — true to form/type/ phrase used for saying that someone is doing exactly what you expected because this is what they usually do True to form, Tony asked to borrow some more money. Thesaurus: words used to describe someone s personalityhyponym… …

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  • 6True Tears — Infobox animanga/Header name = True Tears caption = True Tears logo ja name = トゥルーティアーズ ja name trans = Turū Tiāzu genre = Drama, RomanceInfobox animanga/Game developer = La cryma publisher = flagicon|Japan La cryma (PC) flagicon|Taiwan… …

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  • 7True Cross — The True Cross is the name for physical remnants which, by a Christian tradition, are believed to be from the actual cross upon which Jesus was crucified. [The birth, teachings and death of Jesus were recorded by four 1st century writers, in the… …

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  • 8hold true — or[hold good] {v. phr.} To remain true. * /It has always held true that man cannot live without laws./ * /Bob is a good boy and that holds true of Jim./ …

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  • 9hold true — or[hold good] {v. phr.} To remain true. * /It has always held true that man cannot live without laws./ * /Bob is a good boy and that holds true of Jim./ …

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  • 10hold true — phrasal : to remain true or valid especially under changed circumstances the theory holds true in all applications * * * hold true phrase to be true, or to remain true Thesaurus: to be true or believablesynonym Main entry: hold * * * …

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