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trues

trues is the third-person singular simple present indicative of true.

Meaning of true

Verb

true (third-person singular simple present trues, present participle trueing or truing, simple past and past participle trued)

  1. To straighten (something that is supposed to be straight).
    • He trued the spokes of the bicycle wheel.
  2. To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust (often followed by up).
    • We spent all night truing up the report.

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Proper noun capitalized: Trues

Trues

  1. (plural) plural of True

Phrases with trues

Questions about trues

What is trues the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Trues is the third-person singular simple present indicative of true.
What part of speech is trues?
Trues is a proper noun.

Words near trues in the dictionary

  1. Truemans
  2. trueness
  3. truepennies
  4. truepenny
  5. truer
  6. trues
  7. trues up
  8. Truesdale
  9. Truesdales
  10. Truesdell
  11. Truesdells

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trues (page history and authors); Trues (page history and authors); true (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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