truth, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

truth (truths plural )

1 n-uncount The truth about something is all the facts about it, rather than things that are imagined or invented.
I must tell you the truth about this business...

2 n-uncount If you say that there is some truth in a statement or story, you mean that it is true, or at least partly true.
There is no truth in this story...

3 n-count A truth is something that is believed to be true.
It is an almost universal truth that the more we are promoted in a job, the less we actually exercise the skills we initially used to perform it.

4
→ home truth
→ moment of truth

5 You say in truth in order to indicate that you are giving your honest opinion about something.
♦ in truth phrase
In truth, we were both unhappy.

6 You say to tell you the truth or truth to tell in order to indicate that you are telling someone something in an open and honest way, without trying to hide anything.
♦ to tell you the truth phrase
To tell you the truth, I was afraid to see him...