how to pronounce true

/ˈtɹu/

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true is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of true in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… too good to be true it usually is at …”

meaning of true

True means real, honest, accurate.

true frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word true occurs in english on average 247.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics true can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that true can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;