"ring true" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-ring true.ogg [Australia] Forms: rings true [present, singular, third-person], ringing true [participle, present], rang true [past], rung true [participle, past]
Etymology: From the sound of a coin when tested for authenticity. Head templates: {{en-verb|ring<,,rang,rung> true}} ring true (third-person singular simple present rings true, present participle ringing true, simple past rang true, past participle rung true)
  1. (idiomatic) To seem to be correct, or plausible Tags: idiomatic Translations (to seem to be correct): 聽起來真實 (Chinese Mandarin), 听起来真实 (tīngqǐlai zhēnshí) (Chinese Mandarin), 聽起來是真的 (Chinese Mandarin), 听起来是真的 (tīngqǐlai shì zhēn de) (Chinese Mandarin), kuulostaa uskottavalta (Finnish), echt klingen (German), glaubhaft klingen (German), überzeugend klingen (German), parece plausível (Portuguese), ser plausível (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to seem to be correct",
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          "sense": "to seem to be correct",
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          "roman": "tīngqǐlai shì zhēn de",
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          "sense": "to seem to be correct",
          "word": "kuulostaa uskottavalta"
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          "sense": "to seem to be correct",
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          "sense": "to seem to be correct",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to seem to be correct",
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          "sense": "to seem to be correct",
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      "sense": "to seem to be correct",
      "word": "聽起來真實"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "tīngqǐlai zhēnshí",
      "sense": "to seem to be correct",
      "word": "听起来真实"
    },
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to seem to be correct",
      "word": "聽起來是真的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tīngqǐlai shì zhēn de",
      "sense": "to seem to be correct",
      "word": "听起来是真的"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to seem to be correct",
      "word": "kuulostaa uskottavalta"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to seem to be correct",
      "word": "echt klingen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to seem to be correct",
      "word": "glaubhaft klingen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to seem to be correct",
      "word": "überzeugend klingen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to seem to be correct",
      "word": "parece plausível"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to seem to be correct",
      "word": "ser plausível"
    }
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  "word": "ring true"
}

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