Adjective

(en adjective)

In the state of a solid; not fluid.

Large, massive.

Lacking holes or hollows; as solid gold, solid chocolate.

* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=

, title= , chapter=2 citation , passage=The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked.}}

Strong or unyielding.

a solid foundation

* {{quote-news

, year=2012 , date=June 2 , author= Phil McNulty , title=England 1-0 Belgium , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=As in the 1-0 win against Norway in Oslo, this was an England performance built on the foundations of solid defence and tactical discipline.}}

(slang) Excellent, of high quality, or reliable.

That's a solid plan.

Radiohead's on tour! Have you heard their latest album yet? It's quite solid .

I don't think Dave would have done that. He's a solid dude.

Hearty; filling.

a solid meal

Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious.

* Milton

the solid purpose of a sincere and virtuous answer

* Dryden

These, wanting wit, affect gravity, and go by the name of solid men.

* J. A. Symonds

The genius of the Italians wrought by solid toil what the myth-making imagination of the Germans had projected in a poem.

Sound; not weakly.

a solid constitution of body

(typography) Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens.

American English writes many words as solid that British English hyphenates.

(printing, dated) Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.

(US, politics, slang) United; without division; unanimous.

The delegation is solid for a candidate.

Of a single color throughout.

John painted the walls solid white.

He wore a solid shirt with floral pants.

(dated) Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic.

A solid''' foot contains 1,728 '''solid inches.

Adjective

(er)

(of a statement) Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct.

*

, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title= The China Governess, chapter=20

, passage=The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.}}

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Old soldiers? , passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.

Conforming to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate.

* Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)

making his eye, foot, and hand keep true time

(logic) Of the state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result.

Loyal, faithful.

Genuine.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01

, author=(Henry Petroski), volume=100, issue=1, page=16, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= The Washington Monument , passage=The Washington Monument is often described as an obelisk, and sometimes even as a “true' obelisk,” even though it is not. A ' true obelisk is a monolith, a pylon formed out of a single piece of stone.}}

Legitimate.

Accurate; following a path toward the target.

* {{quote-journal, year=1801, author=Mrs. Cowley

, title=The siege of Acre, journal=The British Critic, volume=17-18?, page=521 , passage=Whate'er the weapon, still his aim was true , Nor e'er in vain the fatal bullet flew.}}

* {{quote-book, year=2008, author=Carl Hiaasen

, title=The downhill lie: a hacker's return to a ruinous sport, page=188 , passage=I held my breath and struck the ball. My aim was true , but I didn't give the damn thing enough gas. It died three feet from the cup.}}

* 1990 , William W. S. Wei, Time Series Analysis , ISBN 0201159112, page 8:

Let $Z\_t$ be twice the value of a true die shown on the $t$-th toss.