Reply To: What is the Truth

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WHAT IS THE TRUTH?

1) the truth [singular] the true facts about something, rather than the things that have been invented or guessed.

•Do you think she’s telling the truth?

•We are determined to get at (= discover) the truth.

•The truth (of the matter) is we can’t afford to keep all the staff on.

•I don’t think you are telling me the whole truth about what happened.

•The awful truth about his disappearance finally dawned on her.

•It’s the gospel truth (= completely true)!

•The sad truth is that, at 72, he is past his prime.

2)[uncountable] the quality or state of being based on fact.

•There is no truth in the rumors.

•There is not a grain of truth in what she says.

•His version of events does contain an element of truth.

So sayeth the Oxford English Dictionary.