Noun

(order of senses) (en-noun)

The state or quality of being true to someone or something.

(label) Faithfulness, fidelity.

* (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) (1772-1834)

Alas! they had been friends in youth, / But whispering tongues can poison truth .

(label) A pledge of loyalty or faith.

True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality.

* (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) (1772-1834)

The truth depends on, or is only arrived at by, a legitimate deduction from all the facts which are truly material.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-21, volume=411, issue=8892, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Magician’s brain , passage=The truth is that [Isaac] Newton was very much a product of his time. The colossus of science was not the first king of reason, Keynes wrote after reading Newton’s unpublished manuscripts. Instead “he was the last of the magicians”.}}

Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01, author=Robert M. Pringle, volume=100, issue=1, page=31, magazine=(American Scientist), title= How to Be Manipulative

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Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, model, etc.

* John Mortimer (1656?-1736)

Ploughs, to go true, depend much on the truth of the ironwork.

That which is real, in a deeper sense; spiritual or ‘genuine’ reality.

* 1820 , (John Keats), (Ode on a Grecian Urn)

Beauty is truth', ' truth beauty, - that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.

(label) Something acknowledged to be true; a true statement or axiom.

* 1813 , (Jane Austen), (Pride and Prejudice)

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

Topness. (See also truth quark.)

Noun

(en noun)

A story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events.

The legend of Troy was discovered to have historical basis.

A story in which a kernel of truth is embellished to an unlikely degree.

The 1984 Rose Bowl prank has spawned many legends . Here's the real story.

A leading protagonist in a historical legend.

Achilles is a legend in Greek culture.

A person of extraordinary accomplishment.

Michael Jordan stands as a legend in basketball.

A key to the symbols and color codes on a map, chart, etc.

According to the legend on the map, that building is a school.

An inscription, motto, or title, especially one surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon a heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration.

A fabricated backstory for a spy, with associated documents and records; a cover story.

According to his legend , he once worked for the Red Cross, spreading humanitarian aid in Africa.

* 1992 , edition, ISBN 067173458X, page 115:

If the documents are needed to establish "a light legend ," meaning a superficial cover story, no steps are taken to make sure that if someone calls the college or motor vehicle department, the name on the document will be registered.

* 2003 , Rodney Carlisle, , ISBN 0028644182, page 105:

Sorge solidified his own position by returning to Germany and developing a new legend . He joined the Nazi Party.

* 2005 , , ISBN 1591146607, page 25:

Both the agent's legend and documents were intended to stand up against casual questions from Soviet citizens, such as during a job interview, or a routine police document check, such as were made at railway stations.

(UK, Irish, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, slang) A cool, nice or helpful person, especially one who is male.

I've lost my pen! —Here mate, borrow mine. —You legend .