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Definition of true adverb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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true

adverb
/tru/ true pronunciation American
 
(old-fashioned or literary)

straight

1 in a direct lineThe arrow flew straight and true to the target.He shot true.

correctly

2 speak true to tell the truthHe had spoken truer than he knew.