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1 ♦ truth
♦ truth /tru:ɵ/n.1 [uc] verità; (il) vero: I told you the truth, ti ho detto la verità; There is an element of truth in your story, c'è del vero nel tuo racconto; the truths of religion, le verità della fede; le verità rivelate; home truths, verità sgradevoli, la dura verità ( sul proprio conto); the honest (o the plain) truth, la pura verità; the naked truth, la nuda verità; the whole truth, tutta la verità; to speak (o to tell) the truth, dire la verità; to distort the truth, falsare la verità; to face the truth, guardare in faccia la realtà; to stretch the truth, forzare la verità; svisare i fatti; to uncover the truth, scoprire la verità2 [u] veridicità; l'esser veritiero; sincerità; lealtà3 [u] (mecc.) posizione giusta; centro: The wheel is out of truth, la ruota è fuori centro (o è scentrata)● (polit.) Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Commissione per la verità e la riconciliazione (istituita in Sud Africa per investigare sui reati commessi durante l'apartheid) □ truth drug (o truth serum), siero della verità □ Truth or Dare (o Consequences), il gioco della verità □ (mat.) truth table, tavola di verità □ (mat.) truth value, valore di verità □ (lett.) in truth, invero; veramente; infatti □ to tell the truth (o truth to tell), a dire il vero □ to tell sb. a few home truths, dire il fatto suo a q.; dirne quattro a q. □ (fig.) to be truth itself, essere la bocca della verità □ (fig.) to be the gospel truth, essere la pura verità; essere vangelo. -
2 truth
[truːθ]1) (real facts)2) (accuracy)to confirm, deny the truth of sth. — confermare, negare la veridicità di qcs
3) filos. relig. verità f.4) (foundation)there is no truth in that — è senza fondamento, è assolutamente falso
••to tell sb. a few home truths — dire a qcn. delle verità spiacevoli sul suo conto
* * *[tru:Ɵ]plural - truths; noun1) (trueness; the state of being true: I am certain of the truth of his story; `What is truth?' asked the philosopher.) verità2) (the true facts: I don't know, and that's the truth; Tell the truth about it.) verità•- truthful- truthfully
- truthfulness
- tell the truth
- to tell the truth* * *[truːθ]1) (real facts)2) (accuracy)to confirm, deny the truth of sth. — confermare, negare la veridicità di qcs
3) filos. relig. verità f.4) (foundation)there is no truth in that — è senza fondamento, è assolutamente falso
••to tell sb. a few home truths — dire a qcn. delle verità spiacevoli sul suo conto
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3 truth **** n
[truːθ]verità f invto tell (you) the truth; truth to tell — a dire il vero or la verità
the truth of the matter is that... — la verità è che...
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4 truth serum
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5 truth drug
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6 gospel truth
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7 moment of truth
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8 to tell the truth
(really; actually: To tell the truth I forgot it was your birthday last week.) (a dire il vero) -
9 half-truth n
['hɒːf'truːθ]mezza verità f inv -
10 truthful truth·ful adj
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11 truthfully truth·ful·ly adv
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12 truthfulness truth·ful·ness n
['truːθfʊlnɪs](of account) veridicità f inv, (of person) sincerità f inv -
13 untruth un·truth n
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14 untruthful un·truth·ful adj
[ʌn'truːθfʊl]falso (-a), menzognero (-a) -
15 untruthfully un·truth·ful·ly adv
[ʌn'truːθfəlɪ]English-Italian dictionary > untruthfully un·truth·ful·ly adv
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16 home truth
(a plain statement of something which is unpleasant but true (about a person, his behaviour etc) said directly to the person: It's time someone told him a few home truths.) verità -
17 tell the truth
(to confess or make a true statement.) dire la verità -
18 half-truth
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19 cover up
1) (put clothes on) coprirsito cover up for — coprire, fare da paravento a [ friend]
they're covering up for each other — si stanno coprendo a vicenda; cover up [sth.], cover [sth.] up celare, nascondere [mistake, loss, truth]; soffocare, insabbiare [ scandal]
* * *1. vt + adv(child, object)
to cover up (with) — coprire (con or di), (fig: hide: truth, facts) nasconderethe government tried to cover up the details of the accident — il governo ha cercato di tenere nascosti i particolari dell'incidente
2. vi + adv(warmly) coprirsito cover up for sb fig — coprire qn
* * *1) (put clothes on) coprirsito cover up for — coprire, fare da paravento a [ friend]
they're covering up for each other — si stanno coprendo a vicenda; cover up [sth.], cover [sth.] up celare, nascondere [mistake, loss, truth]; soffocare, insabbiare [ scandal]
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20 literal
['lɪtərəl]1) [meaning, translation] letterale; [ depiction] fedele, alla lettera; spreg. prosaico, privo di immaginazione2) (actual) esatto, preciso* * *['litərəl]1) (following the exact meaning with no exaggeration: the literal truth.) letterale; puro2) (understanding the meaning by taking one word at a time: a literal translation.) letterale•- literally* * *literal /ˈlɪtərəl/A a.1 espresso in lettere: ( USA) a literal grade, un voto ( scolastico, d'esame, ecc.) espresso in lettere (A, B, C, ecc.)2 letterale; alla lettera; testuale: a literal translation, una traduzione letterale; literal meaning, senso letterale3 che prende le cose alla lettera; prosaico; pratico; pedantesco: a literal education, un'educazione pedantesca4 esatto; preciso; puro: the literal truth, la pura verità; a literal description, una descrizione precisaB n.errore di stampa; refuso● (fam.) a literal decimation, una decimazione vera e propria □ a literal error, un errore di grafia (o di stampa); un refuso □ literal-minded, prosaico; privo di fantasialiteralness n. [u].* * *['lɪtərəl]1) [meaning, translation] letterale; [ depiction] fedele, alla lettera; spreg. prosaico, privo di immaginazione2) (actual) esatto, preciso
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Truth — • Defines ontological, logical, and moral truth Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Truth Truth † … Catholic encyclopedia
truth — W2S1 [tru:θ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 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 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Ori … Dictionary of contemporary English
truth — [ truθ ] noun *** 1. ) uncount the actual facts or information about something, rather than what people think, expect, or make up: The truth may never be known. truth about: We finally learned the shocking truth about Gina s past. tell (someone)… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
TRUTH — (Heb. אֱמֶת, ʾemet). The Bible often speaks of God as the God of truth (e.g., Jer. 10:10; Ps. 31:6), as does the Talmud where this synonymity climaxes in the famous dictum: The Seal of God is truth (Shab. 55a; TJ, Sanh. 1:5). The same idea is… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Truth — Truth, n.; pl. {Truths}. [OE. treuthe, trouthe, treowpe, AS. tre[ o]w?. See {True}; cf. {Troth}, {Betroth}.] 1. The quality or being true; as: (a) Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that which is, or has been; or shall be. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
truth — I noun accuracy, actuality, authenticity, candor, conformity to fact, correctness, exactness, fact, genuineness, honesty, integrity, precision, probity, realism, reality, right, sincerity, veracity, veritas, verity associated concepts:… … Law dictionary
truth — truth; truth·ful; truth·less; un·truth; un·truth·ful; un·truth·ful·ness; truth·ful·ly; truth·ful·ness; truth·less·ness; … English syllables
truth — ► NOUN (pl. truths) 1) the quality or state of being true. 2) (also the truth) that which is true as opposed to false. 3) a fact or belief that is accepted as true. ● in truth Cf. ↑in truth … English terms dictionary
truth — [tro͞oth] n. pl. truths [tro͞othz, tro͞oths] [ME treuthe < OE treowth: see TRUE & TH1] 1. the quality or state of being true; specif., a) Obs. loyalty; trustworthiness b) sincerity; genuineness; honesty … English World dictionary
truth — [n1] reality, validity accuracy, actuality, authenticity, axiom, case, certainty, correctness, dope*, exactitude, exactness, fact, facts, factualism, factuality, factualness, genuineness, gospel*, gospel truth*, honest truth*, infallibility,… … New thesaurus
truth — O.E. triewð (W.Saxon), treowð (Mercian) faithfulness, quality of being true, from triewe, treowe faithful (see TRUE (Cf. true)). Meaning accuracy, correctness is from 1560s. Unlike LIE (Cf. lie) (v.), there is no primary verb in English or most… … Etymology dictionary