true




consistent with fact or reality; not false

"the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"- B. Russell; "the true meaning of the statement"

Antonym:
  • false

Nearest:
  • actual; genuine; literal; real
  • apodictic; apodeictic
  • truthful
  • sure


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