- proper alignment

- the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment
"out of true"

- make level, square, balanced, or concentric
"true up the cylinder of an engine"

- accurately placed or thrown
"his aim was true"
"he was dead on target"

- reliable as a basis for action
"a true prophesy"

- accurately fitted

- level
"the window frame isn''t quite true"

- devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth
"true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them"

- not synthetic or spurious

- of real or natural origin
"real mink"
"true gold"

- in tune

- accurate in pitch
"a true note"

- expressing or given to expressing the truth
"a true statement"
"gave truthful testimony"
"a truthful person"

- 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"

- conforming to definitive criteria
"the horseshoe crab is not a true crab"
"Pythagoras was the first true mathematician"

- as acknowledged
"true, she is the smartest in her class"

1. Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or the like; as, a true relation or narration; a true history; a declaration is true when it states the facts.

2. Right to precision; conformable to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate; as, a true copy; a true likeness of the original.

"Making his eye, foot, and hand keep true time." -- Sir W. Scott.

3. Steady in adhering to friends, to promises, to a prince, or the like; unwavering; faithful; loyal; not false, fickle, or perfidious; as, a true friend; a wife true to her husband; an officer true to his charge.

"Thy so true, So faithful, love unequaled." -- Milton.

"Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie." -- Herbert.

4. Actual; not counterfeit, adulterated, or pretended; genuine; pure; real; as, true balsam; true love of country; a true Christian.

"The true light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world." -- John i. 9.

"True ease in writing comes from art, not chance." -- Pope.

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True is sometimes used elliptically for It is true.

Out of true
varying from correct mechanical form, alignment, adjustment, etc.; -- said of a wall that is not perpendicular, of a wheel whose circumference is not in the same plane, and the like. [Colloq.]

A true bill
(Law), a bill of indictment which is returned by the grand jury so indorsed, signifying that the charges to be true.

True time
See under Time.

1. In accordance with truth; truly. Shak.

1. Genuine; real; not deviating from the essential characters of a class; as, a lizard is a true reptile; a whale is a true, but not a typical, mammal.