Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - truth
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~ n 1 »TRUE FACTS« the truth the true facts about something, as opposed to what is untrue, imagined, or guessed + abou (We never found out the truth about Mike's past.) tell the truth (How can we be sure that she's telling the truth? | be the truth) (It's the truth. She really did it. | get to the truth (=find out what really happened)) (Only after several days of questioning did the police finally get to the truth. | the truth of the matter) (Reforms were promised, but the truth of the matter is that nothing has changed.) 2 »BEING TRUE« the state or quality of being true (Do you think there's any truth in these rumours? | a grain of truth (=a small amount of truth)) (There wasn't a grain of truth in what he said.) 3 »IMPORTANT IDEAS« C usually plural formal an important fact or idea that is accepted as being true (the fundamental truths about mankind) 4 to tell (you) the truth spoken used when giving your personal opinion or admitting something (Well, to tell you the truth, I've never really liked her.) 5 if (the) truth be known used when telling someone the real facts about a situation, or your real opinion (If the truth be known, that was the main reason why we left.) 6 nothing could be further from the truth used to say that something is definitely not true 7 the gospel truth if you think something is the gospel truth, you believe completely that it is true (I thought everything my teachers told me was the gospel truth.) 8 in (all) truth old-fashioned in fact; really (In truth, I did not mind whether we went or not.) 9 the truth will out old-fashioned used to say that even if you try to stop people from knowing something, they will find out in the end (- see also halftruth, home truths home3 (6), the moment of truth moment (11))
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(truths) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. The truth about something is all the facts about it, rather than things that are imagined or invented. I must tell you the truth about this business... The truth of the matter is that we had no other choice... In the town very few know the whole truth. N-UNCOUNT 2. If you say that there is some truth in a statement or story, you mean that it is true, or at least partly true. There is no truth in this story... Is there any truth to the rumors?... N-UNCOUNT: oft N of/in n 3. A truth is something that is believed to be true. It is an almost universal truth that the more we are promoted in a job, the less we actually exercise the skills we initially used to perform it. N-COUNT 4. see also home truth, moment of truth 5. You say in truth in order to indicate that you are giving your honest opinion about something. In truth, we were both unhappy. PHRASE: PHR with cl 6. You say to tell you the truth or truth to tell in order to indicate that you are telling someone something in an open and honest way, without trying to hide anything. To tell you the truth, I was afraid to see him... PHRASE: PHR with cl ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun (plural ~s) Etymology: Middle English trewthe, from Old English treowth fidelity; akin to Old English treowe faithful — more at true Date: before 12th century 1. a. archaic fidelity, constancy b. sincerity in action, character, and utterance 2. a. (1) the state of being the case ; fact (2) the body of real things, events, and facts ; actuality (3) often capitalized a transcendent fundamental or spiritual reality b. a judgment, proposition, or idea that is true or accepted as true ~s of thermodynamics c. the body of true statements and propositions 3. a. the property (as of a statement) of being in accord with fact or reality b. chiefly British true 2 c. fidelity to an original or to a standard 4. capitalized, Christian Science god TRUTH biographical name Sojourner circa 1797-1883 American evangelist & reformer ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. truths) 1 the quality or a state of being true or truthful (doubted the truth of the statement; there may be some truth in it). 2 a what is true (tell us the whole truth; the truth is that I forgot). b what is accepted as true (one of the fundamental truths). Phrases and idioms in truth literary truly, really. to tell the truth (or truth to tell) to be frank. truth drug any of various drugs supposedly able to induce a person to tell the truth. truth table a list indicating the truth or falsity of various propositions in logic etc. Derivatives truthless adj. Etymology: OE triewth, treowth (as TRUE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. правда the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth —- правда, вся правда и ничего кроме правды the real (plain, unvarnished, unadulterated, honest) truth —- чистая правда, правда как она есть, правда без всяких прикрас to get at the truth of the matter —- понять, в чем дело; докопаться до правды that's the truth of it! —- вот в чем дело! вот где правда! to tell (to speak) the truth —- говорить правду; по правде говоря the truth is that... —- дело в том, что..., по правде говоря... 2. истина general truth —- общеизвестная истина fundamental truths —- основополагающие истины the great truths of morals —- великие моральные истины to seek the truth —- искать истину to implant the love of truth —- привить любовь к истине there are truths which cannot be verified —- существуют истины, которые невозможно проверить the poems hit hard at a few home truths —- эти стихи разоблачали некоторые расхожие (обывательские) истины all new truths begin as heresies —- все новые истины поначалу воспринимаются как ересь 3. истинность religion's claims to truth —- притязания религии на истинность to doubt the truth of a statement —- сомневаться в истинности утверждения there's some truth in what you say —- в том, что вы говорите, есть кое-что верное; ваши слова не лишены справедливости 4. факт the present definition of insanity has little relation to the truths of mental life —- существующее определение...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) правда; истина; to tell the truth - а) говорить правду; б) по правде говоря; the home/bitter truth - горькая правда; the truths of science - научные истины; in truth - действительно, поистине; the truth is that I am very tired - дело в том, что (или по правде сказать) я очень устал 2) правдивость 3) точность, соответствие; truth to nature - точность воспроизведения; реализм 4) tech. соосность, правильность установки ...Англо-русский словарь
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- O.E. triewр (W.Saxon), treowр (Mercian) "faithfulness," from triewe, treowe "faithful" (see true). Sense of "something that is true" is first recorded c.1378. Meaning "accuracy, correctness" is from 1570. Unlike lie (v.), there is no primary verb in Eng. for "speak the truth." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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