trueness
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Definition
- Noun:
- The quality or state of being accurate, exact, or correctly aligned: This meaning refers to precision, especially in mechanical adjustment or aim.
- The quality of being faithful, loyal, or steadfast: This meaning refers to unwavering allegiance or fidelity to a person, cause, or principle.
- Conformity to fact, reality, or actuality; truth: This meaning refers to the state of being in accordance with what is real or true.
Examples of Usage
- Noun (Accuracy/Exactness):
- The trueness of the rifle's barrel is critical for long-range shooting.
- Engineers test the trueness of the wheel's alignment.
- Noun (Loyalty/Faithfulness):
- Her trueness to her ideals never wavered, even under pressure.
- The knight's trueness to his king was unquestioned.
- Noun (Conformity to Truth/Reality):
- Philosophers have long debated the trueness of subjective experience.
- The trueness of his account was later verified by several witnesses.
Advanced Usage
- "To test the trueness of": To verify the accuracy or alignment of something.
- The machinist tested the trueness of the surface with a precision level.
- In a figurative sense for loyalty:
- His trueness of heart was evident in every decision he made.
Variants and Related Words
- True (adj): In accordance with fact or reality; accurate, exact, faithful, loyal.
- a true story; a true friend.
- Truly (adv): In a truthful way; sincerely; accurately.
- He spoke truly about the events.
- Truth (n): The quality or state of being true; a fact or belief that is accepted as true.
- She always seeks the truth.
Synonyms
- Accuracy: The quality or state of being correct or precise.
- Fidelity: Faithfulness to a person, cause, or belief, demonstrated by continuing loyalty and support.
- Loyalty: A strong feeling of support or allegiance.
- Veracity: Conformity to facts; accuracy; habitual truthfulness.
Related Phrases
(Note: "Trueness" itself is not commonly used to form phrasal verbs. Related phrases involve its root word "true.") - "To hold true": To remain valid or applicable. - The same principle holds true for both cases. - "To ring true": To sound genuine or believable. - His explanation didn't quite ring true.
Related Idioms
- "True to form": Behaving or acting in the way that is expected or typical.
- True to form, he arrived at the meeting twenty minutes late.
- "True to one's word": Faithful to what one has promised.
- She was true to her word and finished the project on time.
Noun
- exactness of adjustment
- I marveled at the trueness of his aim
- the quality of being loyal
- conformity to reality or actuality
- 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
- he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities