"hold true" meaning in All languages combined

See hold true on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: holds true [present, singular, third-person], holding true [participle, present], held true [participle, past], held true [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hold<,,held> true}} hold true (third-person singular simple present holds true, present participle holding true, simple past and past participle held true)
  1. (intransitive) To be or remain true, valid or applicable; to apply. Tags: intransitive Related terms: hold water Translations (to be true or valid): gelden (Dutch), pitää paikkansa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-hold_true-en-verb-7VzcSGVZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for hold true meaning in All languages combined (1.6kB)

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