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truth / Truth > 5 senses
NOUN1truthA fact that has been verified
2truth, the true, verityConformity to reality or actuality
3truth, true statementA true statement
4truth, accuracyThe quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
5Truth, Sojourner TruthUnited 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)
truth / Truth > pronunciation
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truth > noun 1, cognition
MeaningA fact that has been verified.
Examples"at last he knew the truth"; "the truth is the he didn't want to do it"
Narrowerhome truth; verity
Broaderfact
truth > noun 2, state
MeaningConformity to reality or actuality.
Examples"they 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"
Synonymsthe true, verity
Attributestrue; false
Broaderactuality
Contraryfalsity, falseness
truth > noun 3, communication
MeaningA true statement.
Examples"he told the truth"; "he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it"
Synonymstrue statement
Narrowergospel, gospel truth; tautology; truism
Broaderstatement
Contraryfalsehood, falsity, untruth, false statement
truth > noun 4, attribute
MeaningThe quality of nearness to the truth or the true value.
Examples"the lawyer questioned the truth of my account"
Synonymsaccuracy
Attributesaccurate; inaccurate
Narrowerexactness, exactitude; fidelity
Broaderquality
Contraryinaccuracy
Truth > noun 5, person
MeaningUnited 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
Broaderabolitionist, emancipationist; feminist, women's rightist, women's liberationist, libber

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