Editing Semantics (section)

=== Truth and truth conditions ===
[[Truth]] is a property of statements that accurately present the world and true statements are in accord with [[reality]]. Whether a statement is true usually depends on the relation between the statement and the rest of the world. The [[truth condition]]s of a statement are the way the world needs to be for the statement to be true. For example, it belongs to the truth conditions of the sentence "it is raining outside" that raindrops are falling from the sky. The sentence is true if it is used in a situation in which the truth conditions are fulfilled, i.e., if there is actually rain outside.<ref name="auto5">{{multiref | {{harvnb|Gregory|2016|pp=9–10}} | {{harvnb|Blackburn|2008|loc=[https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803105953851 Truth Conditions]}} | {{harvnb|Kearns|2011|pp=8–10}} }}</ref>

Truth conditions play a central role in semantics and some theories rely exclusively on truth conditions to analyze meaning. To understand a statement usually implies that one has an idea about the conditions under which it would be true. This can happen even if one does not know whether the conditions are fulfilled.<ref name="auto5"/>