Adjective

true (comparative truer, superlative truest)

Positive true

Comparative truer

Superlative truest

1. (of a statement) concurring with a given set of facts; factually correct.
2. (logic) A state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result.

   "A and B" is true if and only if "A" is true and "B" is true.

3. Loyal, faithful.

   He’s turned out to be a true friend. (See below, "Compound Words and Terms")

4. Genuine.

   This is true Parmesan cheese.

5. Legitimate.

   The true king has returned!

6. Truth

   ...the true mention some form of accord with fact or reality.

Antonyms

• false (1,2,3)
• untrue

Derived terms

• come true
• ring true
• to thine own self be true
• true believer
• true blue
• true bug
• true colors
• True Cross
• true density

• true frog
• true-heart
• true leaf
• true love
• true mixed
• true name
• true north/True North
• true or false/true-or-false
• true seal

Related terms

• truth

True is the adjectival form of the word truth.

True may also refer to:

In business

• True Corporation, a Thai communications group whose subsidiaries include True Internet, True Move and True Visions

In music

• "True" (Brandy song)
• True (Spandau Ballet album)
• "True" (Spandau Ballet song)
• True (L'Arc-en-Ciel album)
• "True" (Ryan Cabrera song)
• True (Mika Nakashima album)
• "True" (George Strait song)
• "True...", a J-pop song by Riyu Kosaka
• True (TRU album)

In media

• True (magazine)
• True (British hip-hop magazine), later Trace
• True (film), a short film directed by Tom Tykwer starring Natalie Portman

In computing

• true (Unix), a Unix utility
• the boolean value true, True or TRUE (various capitalisations), which refers to a binary of opposing values corresponding to the fact or non-fact of an argument.