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Common collocations with truth in American Collocation

truth noun

US /truθ/

complete

absolute
real
whole

Jennifer was not telling the whole truth.

clear, perhaps unpleasant

naked
plain
simple

The plain truth is that a motorbike is not as safe as a car.

not pleasant

awful
brutal
sad
shocking
terrible
uncomfortable
unpalatable

The sad truth is that the exact number of victims will never be known.

based on facts

literal
objective

She does not think that science is getting nearer to an objective truth.

believed by everyone, or for all time

eternal
fundamental
profound
self-evident
ultimate
universal

Fairy tales deal with universal truths, which fascinate us all, whatever our age.

tell the truth

admit
confess
proclaim
reveal
speak
tell

If the witnesses really are telling the truth, then he must be guilty.

discover or know the truth

discover
expose
find
get at
get to
know
learn
realize
uncover

She cannot risk her husband discovering the truth about her past life.

try to discover the truth

search for
seek

He never stopped searching for truth.

accept the truth

accept
face

The majority of the party cannot face the truth.

hide the truth

conceal
hide
suppress

She decided that she could hide the truth no longer and told David everything.

change the truth

distort

The company have distorted the truth in their public statements about the success of the research.

not admit the truth

deny
doubt

It’s no good denying the truth.

small amount of truth

element
germ
grain
kernel
shred

It’s a romantic story but there may be a grain of truth in it.

trying to find the truth

pursuit

Our common puropse is the search for peace and the pursuit of truth and wisdom.

changing the truth, or denying it

denial
distortion
perversion
travesty

Any distortion of the truth will be picked up at an interview.