{
    "term": "true",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "connected with facts rather than things that have been invented or guessed",
            "sensetop": "be true (that)…true for somebody/somethingtrue of somebody/something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Indicate whether the following statements are **true or false**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can you prove that what you say is true?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "All the rumours turned out to be true."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Is it true she's leaving?",
                    "contextForm": "be true (that)…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is **certainly true** that money can't buy you happiness."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I think it would be **true to say that** the show was a success."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That's not strictly *(= completely)* true."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The novel is based on **a true story**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Unfortunately, these findings do not **hold true** *(= are not valid)* for women and children.",
                    "contextForm": "true for somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Exercise can help in the development of social skills, and this is **especially true** for kids playing team sports."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The music is dull and uninspiring, and **the same is true of** the acting.",
                    "contextForm": "true of somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You never spoke a truer word *(= used to emphasize that you agree with what somebody has just said)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is literally true that I never heard of him until I was in my late twenties."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That is undoubtedly true."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The story is more or less true."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's hardly true to call cleaning windows a ‘profession’."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This degree of inequality was by no means true of all 19th-century marriages."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is in fact true in most situations."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We hope that this will prove true."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What applies at a local level holds doubly true at a national level."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What is true for buyers is equally true for sellers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "While technically true, this is unfair."
                },
                {
                    "text": "While this is certainly true for some, it is not the case for others."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "ring", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["especially", "particularly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "real or exact, especially when this is different from how something seems",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the true face of war *(= what it is really like rather than what people think it is like)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This project demonstrates the **true value** of teamwork."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The true cost of these experiments to the environment will not be known for years to come."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He reveals his true character to very few people."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I did not realize the **true nature** of their relationship."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was unable to hide her **true feelings** for him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the true face of socialism"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is not the true owner of this house."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "having the qualities or characteristics of the thing mentioned",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It was **true love** between them."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's a true gentleman."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The painting is a masterpiece in the **truest sense** of the word."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is credited with inventing the first true helicopter."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "used to admit that a particular fact or statement is correct, although you think that something else is more important",
            "sensetop": "true (that)…",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It's true that he could do the job, but would he fit in with the rest of the team?",
                    "contextForm": "true (that)…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's perfectly true that I didn't help much, but I was busy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘We could get it cheaper.’ ‘True, but would it be as good?’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**True enough**, but that doesn't tell the whole story."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "showing respect and support for a particular person or belief in a way that does not change, even in different situations",
            "sensetop": "true to somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a true friend"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has always been true to herself *(= done what she thought was good, right, etc.)*.",
                    "contextForm": "true to somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was **true to his word** *(= did what he promised to do)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many were executed for remaining true to their principles."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Knights swore to be true to their lord."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "remain"],
                "adverb": ["absolutely"],
                "preposition": ["to"],
                "phrases": ["true to your word"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "being an accurate version or copy of something",
            "sensetop": "true (to something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The movie is not true to the book."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The painting is a true likeness of her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The article isn't at all true to what I actually said."
                },
                {
                    "text": "True to her prediction, it began snowing later that day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Is it your wish that I should sign these minutes as a true record of that meeting?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This account is now accepted as a true reflection of what actually happened."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "straight and accurate",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned or literary)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His aim was true *(= he hit the target)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to become reality",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Winning the medal was like **a dream come true**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All her wishes came true."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to give the impression of being sincere/true or not sincere/true",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It may seem a strange story but it rings true to me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His expressions of support rang rather hollow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His promise rang hollow."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that you cannot believe that something is as good as it seems",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘I'm afraid you were quoted the wrong price.’ ‘I thought it was too good to be true.’"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "that you have used or relied on in the past successfully",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a tried and true method for solving the problem"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "your real character, rather than the one that you usually allow other people to see",
            "labels": "(often disapproving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It was only after they got married that he showed himself in his true colours."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that somebody is behaving in the way that you expect them to behave, especially when this is annoying",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "True to form, she managed to upset everyone before leaving."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "seeming real rather than invented",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I don’t think the characters are very true to life."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/truː/",
                "audio": "tr/true/true__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/truː/",
                "audio": "tr/true/true__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English trēowe, trȳwe ‘steadfast, loyal’; related to Dutch getrouw, German treu, also to truce."
}