true
/tɹuː/ verb C2- To straighten (something that is supposed to be straight). · He trued the spokes of the bicycle wheel.
- To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust (often followed by up). · We spent all night truing up the report.
He/she/it trues · Past trued · Past participle trued · -ing form trueing
Verb forms
- Base form
- true
- He/she/it
- trues
- Past
- trued
- Past participle
- trued
- -ing form
- trueing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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and that is true!” cried the owner, greatly delighted.
“And why should he not have this?” asked the owner; “he is young, it is true, but he seems to me a thorough seaman, and of full experience.”
It’s delightful when your imaginations come true, isn’t it?
“Yes, yes, Edmond, that is true, but you forgot at that time a little debt to our neighbor, Caderousse.
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