FALSE
\fˈɒls], \fˈɒls], \f_ˈɒ_l_s]\
Definitions of FALSE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
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inappropriate to reality or facts; "delusive faith in a wonder drug"; "delusive expectations"; "false hopes"
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designed to deceive; "a suitcase with a false bottom"
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deliberately deceptive; "hollow (or false) promises"; "false pretenses"
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not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality; "gave false testimony under oath"; "false tales of bravery"
By Princeton University
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inappropriate to reality or facts; "delusive faith in a wonder drug"; "delusive expectations"; "false hopes"
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designed to deceive; "a suitcase with a false bottom"
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deliberately deceptive; "hollow (or false) promises"; "false pretenses"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false friend, lover, or subject; false to promises.
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Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.
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Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false jewelry.
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Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as, a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in grammar.
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Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
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Not in tune.
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Not truly; not honestly; falsely.
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To report falsely; to falsify.
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To betray; to falsify.
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To feign; to pretend to make.
By Oddity Software
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Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false friend, lover, or subject; false to promises.
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Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.
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Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false jewelry.
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Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as, a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in grammar.
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Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
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Not in tune.
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Not truly; not honestly; falsely.
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To report falsely; to falsify.
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To betray; to falsify.
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To feign; to pretend to make.
By Noah Webster.
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Untrue; dishonest; disloyal; counterfeit; unreliable; for temporary use.
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Falsely.
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Falseness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Falsely.
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Falseness.
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Deceptive or deceiving; untruthful; unfaithful to obligations; untrue; not genuine or real; hypocritical; not well founded.
By Daniel Lyons
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Falsely.
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Contrary to truth or fact; counterfeit; artificial; incorrect; not real; unfaithful; treacherous.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Artificial, not real; in composition, pseudo-.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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Not true; unfaithful; not real.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Not true; not conformable to fact; unfounded; not according to the lawful standard; substituted for another; suppositious; counterfeit; not genuine; not solid or sound; not agreeable to rule or propriety; not fall; unfaithful; incenstant; treacherous; feigned; made or assumed for the purpose of deception.
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Not truly; not honestly; falsely; not in tune. False cadence, a cadence in which the hass rises a tone or semi-tone, instead of rising a fourth or falling a fifth False fire, a combustible, composition, sending forth a blue flame, used in vessels of war for making signals during the night; a fire kindled to deceive ships to their ruin. False membrane, a membrane formed on an inflamed part by the coagulation of the secreted fluid. False roof, the part between the ceiling of the upper floor and the rafters of a roof. See Fallacy.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.