OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 5353

truth

/tɹuːθ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
fetén • verdad
True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality.
The truth depends on, and is only arrived at, by a legitimate deduction from all the facts which are truly material.
The truth is that our leaders knew a lot more than they were letting on.
verdad
Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy.
As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.
There was some truth in his statement that he had no other choice.
verdad
The state or quality of being true to someone or something.
Truth to one's own feelings is all-important in life.
verdad
That which is real, in a deeper sense; spiritual or ‘genuine’ reality.
Alcoholism and redemption led me finally to truth.
The truth is what is.
verdad
Something acknowledged to be true; a true statement or axiom.
Hunger and jealousy are just eternal truths of human existence.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
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