truth

  • 11truth — O.E. triewð (W.Saxon), treowð (Mercian) faithfulness, quality of being true, from triewe, treowe faithful (see TRUE (Cf. true)). Meaning accuracy, correctness is from 1560s. Unlike LIE (Cf. lie) (v.), there is no primary verb in English or most… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 12Truth — [tru:θ; engl. = Wahrheit, Wirklichkeit, Echtheit]; Formelzeichen: t; Symbol: t; Syn.: Top: Phantasiename u. Quantenzahl eines der Quarks (Truth Quark, Top Quark). * * * Truth   [truːθ, englisch], Elementarteilchenphysik: charakteristische… …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 13truth — truth, veracity, verity, verisimilitude are comparable when they mean the quality or property of keeping close to the facts or to things as they are and avoiding such distortions as lies, fictions, or misrepresentations. Truth is a general term… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 14Truth — bezeichnet die Flavour Quantenzahl Topness in der Elementarteilchenphysik ein Album von Jeff Beck, siehe Truth (Album) Sojourner Truth Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehr …

    Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 15Truth — Truth, v. t. To assert as true; to declare. [R.] [1913 Webster] Had they [the ancients] dreamt this, they would have truthed it heaven. Ford. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 16Truth — (engl., spr. trūth, »Wahrheit«), eines der beliebtesten der sogen. Londoner »Society Journals«, die über Leben und Treiben der vornehmen englischen Welt berichten, wurde 1877 von dem radikalen Abgeordneten Henry Labouchere (s. d.) gegründet und… …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 17truth — s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} TS fis. → top {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: sec. XX. ETIMO: ingl. truth propr. verità , nome di fantasia che prende spunto dall iniziale del quark corrispondente …

    Dizionario italiano

  • 18truth — truth/falsity …

    Philosophy dictionary

  • 19Truth — Truth, Soj|our|ner (1797 1883) a female US ↑slave (=a black person who was owned by a white person) with strong Christian beliefs, who was allowed to become a free person and who then travelled around the US teaching people about God and speaking …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20Truth — [tro͞oth] Sojourner [sō′jʉr΄nər] (orig. a slave called Isabella) 1797? 1883; U.S. abolitionist & women s rights advocate …

    English World dictionary