truing

true[ 'tru:iŋ ]

• n.proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment

  "out of true"

• v.make level, square, balanced, or concentric

  "true up the cylinder of an engine"

  同义词：true up

• adj.
  • 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"; "the true meaning of the statement"

  • conforming to definitive criteria

    "the horseshoe crab is not a true crab"; "Pythagoras was the first true mathematician"

  • accurately placed or thrown

    "his aim was true"

    同义词：dead on target

  • devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth

    "true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them"

  • expressing or given to expressing the truth

    "a true statement"

    同义词：truthful

  • worthy of being depended on

    "he was true to his word"; "I would be true for there are those who trust me"

    同义词：dependablehonestreliable

  • not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed

    "true grief"

    同义词：genuineunfeigned

  • rightly so called

    "true courage"; "a spirit which true men have always admired"; "a true friend"

  • determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles

    "true north is geographic north"

  • having a legally established claim

    "the true and lawful king"

    同义词：lawfulrightful(a)

  • in tune; accurate in pitch

    "a true note"

    同义词：on-key

  • accurately fitted; level

    "the window frame isn't quite true"

    同义词：straight

• adv.as acknowledged

  "true, she is the smartest in her class"

  同义词：admittedlyavowedlyconfessedly