truth

truth
truth
W2S1 [tru:θ] n
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1¦(true facts)¦
2¦(being true)¦
3¦(important ideas)¦
4 in truth
5 if (the) truth be known/told
6 to tell (you) the truth
7 nothing could be further from the truth
8 the truth will out
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[: Old English; Origin: treowth 'faithfulness']
1.) ¦(TRUE FACTS)¦
the truth
the true facts about something, rather than what is untrue, imagined, or guessed
≠ ↑lie, falsehood ↑falsehood, untruth ↑untruth the truth about
▪ She'd come to find out the truth about her family.
the truth behind
▪ We'll never know the truth behind the accident.
▪ In the end she was forced to reveal the truth .
▪ How do we know you're telling the truth ?
▪ You can't punish a man for speaking the truth .
▪ The way he was looking at her, it was obvious he knew the truth .
▪ I'll get the truth out of him somehow.
▪ It was many months before the whole truth was discovered.
▪ I love you - and that's the honest truth !
▪ The plain truth is that you'll never get to university.
▪ He began to realize the awful truth about her past.
▪ The truth of the matter is that nothing has changed since the election.
▪ Her guess came a little too close to the truth for my liking.
2.) ¦(BEING TRUE)¦[U]
the state or quality of being true
truth in
▪ There was some truth in the accusations.
grain/element of truth
(=small amount of truth)
▪ There wasn't a grain of truth in what he said.
▪ There was an element of truth (=a small amount of truth) in what he said.
▪ There is no truth in the rumour.
3.) ¦(IMPORTANT IDEAS)¦ [C usually plural] formal
an important fact or idea that is accepted as being true
▪ The experience has taught us some basic truths .
an unhappy/unpleasant/unwelcome truth
(=an unpleasant or disappointing fact)
▪ It is in his interest to hide unhappy truths about his agency's performance.
4.) in truth
in fact
= ↑really
▪ Early independence leaders were in truth little better than rebels.
5.) if (the) truth be known/told
used when telling someone the real facts about a situation, or your real opinion
▪ If the truth be known, I felt a little left out at school.
6.) to tell (you) the truth
spoken used when giving your personal opinion or admitting something
▪ To tell the truth, I was frightened to death.
7.) nothing could be further from the truth
used to say that something is definitely not true
8.) the truth will out
old-fashioned used to say that even if you try to stop people from knowing something, they will find out in the end
→the moment of truth at ↑moment
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COLLOCATES for sense 1
find out/discover/get to the truth
reveal the truth
tell the truth
speak the truth
know the truth
get the truth out of somebody (=make them tell you the truth)
the whole/complete/full truth
the honest truth
the plain/simple/naked truth (=the truth, with no details or explanation to make it seem pleasant)
the shocking/terrible/sad etc truth
the truth of the matter
come close/near to the truth
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Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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