truth
a fact that has been verified
How often you will meet it
Rank 405 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 49,465 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.024% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- a fact that has been verified at last he knew the truththe truth is that he didn't want to do it
- conformity to reality or actuality also: the true, verity, trueness they debated the truth of the propositionthe situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat
- a true statement also: true statement he told the truthhe thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it
- the quality of being near to the true value also: accuracy he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compassthe lawyer questioned the truth of my account
- United 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) also: Sojourner Truth
truth in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Nothing is farther from the truth than that statement.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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A glimmering of the truth shone out of the darkness.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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What power has a poor mortal to conceal the truth from one so mighty?
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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The truth was that she found all her entertainment and occupation in being an audience or a spectator.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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Too cold it is for thee, I fear, in truth, Return and get thy cloak, my little Ruth.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1