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Definition: True To Life |
True To LifeAdjective1. Representing things or actions or conditions as they actually are; "the novel about ghetto life was true to life"; "true-to-life duck decoys". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: True To LifeSynonyms: true to life(p) (adj), true-to-life(a) (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Similarity | Exact; (true); lifelike, faithful; true to nature, true to life, the very image, the very picture of; for all the world like, comme deux gouttes d'eau; as like as two peas in a pod, as like as it can stare; instar omnium, cast in the same mold, ridiculously like. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: True To Life |
| English words defined with "true to life": living. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "true to life": Myron. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | True to Life (1943) | |
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Books | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Spitz & Nathanson present When women love a play true to life. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Language | Translations for "true to life"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Bulgarian | реалистичен (down to earth, earthbound, matter of fact, realistic, representational, representative, tough-minded). (various references) | ||||||||||
Chinese | 逼真 (clearly, distinctly, lifelike). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | ressemblant. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | naturgetreu (full scale, life size, lifelike, photographic, realistic). (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 迫真 (reality), 写実的 (graphic, realistic). (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しゃじつてき (graphic, realistic), はくし" (reality). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | uetray otay ifelay gerçek hayattaki gibi. (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-f-i-l-o-r-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: fluorite, fruitlet, reoutfit, roulette. | |
-3 letters: fertile, flitter, floruit, flouter, flutier, flutter, fouette, loftier, outfeel, outfelt, outfire, outlier, retitle, tortile, trefoil, triolet, tuftier. | |
-4 letters: etoile, ferlie, ferule, fetter, fettle, filter, fitter, floret, fluter, fouler, fueler, futile, ireful, lefter, letter, liefer, lifter, litter, lofter, loiter, outfit, outlet, outlie, refelt, refile, reflet, refuel, refute, relief, retile. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-f-i-l-o-r-t-t-u" | |
+3 letters: tetrafluoride. | |
+4 letters: fortunetelling, tetrafluorides. | |
+5 letters: fortunetellings. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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