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English noun: truth

1. truth (cognition) a fact that has been verified


SamplesAt last he knew the truth.
The truth is that he didn't want to do it.


Broader (hypernym)fact


Narrower (hyponym)home truth, verity

2. truth (state) conformity to reality or actuality


SamplesThey debated the truth of the proposition.
The situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat.
He was famous for the truth of his portraits.
He turned to religion in his search for eternal verities.


Synonymsthe true, trueness, verity


Broader (hypernym)actuality


Attributefalse, true


Antonymsfalseness, falsity

3. truth (communication) a true statement


SamplesHe told the truth.
He thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it.


Synonymstrue statement


Broader (hypernym)statement


Narrower (hyponym)gospel, gospel truth, tautology, truism


Antonymsfalsehood, untruth, falsity

4. truth (attribute) the quality of being near to the true value


SamplesHe was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass.
The lawyer questioned the truth of my account.


Synonymsaccuracy


Broader (hypernym)quality


Narrower (hyponym)exactitude, exactness, fidelity


Attributeaccurate, inaccurate


Antonymsinaccuracy

5. Truth (person) United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883)


SynonymsSojourner Truth


Instance hypernymabolitionist, emancipationist, feminist, libber, women's liberationist, women's rightist









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