Dictionary entry
Truthful
Pronunciation: /ˈtruːθfʊl/
Pronunciation
/ˈtruːθfʊl/
Myanmar Meaning
(adj) စစ်မှန်သော။ မှန်ကန်သော။
Definition
truth /tru:θ/ n ( pl truths /tru:ðz/) ၁။ [U] အမွန္။ သစၥာ။ There's no truth/ not a word of truth in what he says. ၂။ (က) [U] အမွန္။ အမွန္တရား။ the whole truth ❍ the search for (the) truth ❍ I want you to tell (me) the truth (ie speak honestly, not lie). ❍ We found out the truth about him. ❍ The (plain) truth is, I forgot about it. (ခ) [C] အမွန္တရား။ believe in the eternal truths like freedom and justice. See also HOME TRUTH ❏ in truth [ IDM ] ( fml ) အမွန္အားျဖင့္။ စင္စစ္အားျဖင့္။ တကယ္ေတာ့။ It was in truth a miracle. ❏ truthful /-fl/ adj ၁။ ႐ိုးသားေျဖာင့္မတ္ေသာ။ ၂။ မွန္ကန္ ေသာ။ ❏ truthfully /-fǝli/ adv မွန္မွန္ကန္ကန္။ အရင္းအတိုင္း။ ႐ိုး႐ိုးသားသား။ truthfulness n [U]
Examples
- The truth may never be known.
- [truth about] : We finally learned the shocking truth about Gina’s past.
- [tell (someone) the truth] : Tell me the truth: did you take the money?
- [the truth is (that)] : The truth is that they haven’t solved the problem.
- [the truth of the matter is (that)] : The truth of the matter is that the company is bankrupt.
- [truth of] : Are you questioning the truth of his accusations?
- [there is some truth in/to something] : There is
- I suppose
- some truth to his story.
- [there is a grain/kernel/element of truth in/to something] : There is a grain of truth in what he says.
- Literature that explores the truths of life and love
- [a universal/eternal truth] : Is it a universal truth that exercise is good for you?