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Synonyms for true

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for true

in agreement or correspondence with fact

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having or marked by uprightness in principle and action

worthy of belief, as because of precision or faithfulness to an original

accurately representing what is depicted or described

adhering firmly and devotedly, as to a person, a cause, or a duty

being so legitimately

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Synonyms for true

proper alignment

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make level, square, balanced, or concentric

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consistent with fact or reality

accurately placed or thrown

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devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth

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expressing or given to expressing the truth

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conforming to definitive criteria

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worthy of being depended on

not pretended

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rightly so called

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determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles

having a legally established claim

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in tune

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accurately fitted

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as acknowledged

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That is truer than ever before on this album, which has her precise songwriting blended with the expert co-production and co-writing of her husband John Leventhal and co-production of Bill Bottrell.
(Think "computer games." Ray tracing creates truer, more realistic digitized perceptions of reality through soft shadows and accurate reflections and refractions of light.) These tools are packaged in three configurations that address different aspects of the product development process: surface creation, extended modeling, and reverse engineering.
Truer words were never spoken ("It's Not up to the Court," by Howard Zinn, November issue.) When I read a piece like this, which speaks such obvious truths, it is very difficult to try and understand why so many people don't care enough to stand up and demand their rights.
A truer interpretation is that Red Sox fans were willing to bleed to death rather than miss a minute of the end of the Bambino's curse.
While human ingenuity has allowed civilizations to use nature--and the mineral world in particular--to build enduring monuments to their achievements, it is the resilience of stones themselves that speaks to a truer sense of steadfastness through the ages.
Low color and high clarity are said to allow for truer and bolder colors from the granite chips.
Additional features include advanced microfiber technology, reinforced seams, the elimination of 'Channel Cluster', an exclusive valve system, and Baden's patented Cushion Control Technology (CCT), which consists of thousands of tiny air cells that form a cushioned carcass, providing a softer feel and giving the ball a truer bounce and longer life.
A truer tale of Franz Liszt's very last days than told up to now appeared in 1996 in the second to last chapter of Alan Walker's Franz Liszt: The Final Years.
Thus, output video offers a truer picture quality, regardless of lighting conditions.
Also, Sunbelt is a truer definition of the area the company serves, he comments.
In E's May/June 1999 issue (archived at: www.emagazine.com/may-june_1999/0599feat2.html), we looked at the efforts of Rethinking Progress and the Center for a Sustainable Economy (now merged) to persuade economists to abandon the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in favor of a new, truer measure of social health, a Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI).
Nowhere was this truer than in the field of aviation, and the subsequent development of the airplane, beginning with the pioneering efforts of the Wright brothers, is a triumphant tale of private initiative, ingenuity and enterprise.
(This word is usually translated as "festival," although the truer meaning in this case can be seen in the related verb matsuru, which means "to enshrine, to deify, to worship.")
These Tatch-A-Cleat products allow users to increase the efficiency of inclined belts, steepen elevation angles to shorten conveyors and conserve floor space, and promote truer belt packing, while avoiding the higher cost and long lead times associated with custom-molded belting.