TRUE STATEMENT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A true statement

Example:

he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it

Synonyms:

true statement; truth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("true statement" is a kind of...):

statement (a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "true statement"):

gospel; gospel truth (an unquestionable truth)

tautology ((logic) a statement that is necessarily true)

truism (an obvious truth)