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false
[ fawls ]
adjective
- not true or correct; erroneous:
a false statement.
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- uttering or declaring what is untrue:
a false witness.
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- not faithful or loyal; treacherous:
a false friend.
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- tending to deceive or mislead; deceptive:
a false impression.
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- not genuine; counterfeit.
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- based on mistaken, erroneous, or inconsistent impressions, ideas, or facts:
false pride.
- used as a substitute or supplement, especially temporarily:
false supports for a bridge.
- Biology. having a superficial resemblance to something that properly bears the name:
the false acacia.
- not properly, accurately, or honestly made, done, or adjusted:
a false balance.
- inaccurate in pitch, as a musical note.
adverb
- dishonestly; faithlessly; treacherously:
Did he speak false against me?
false
/ ɔː /
adjective
- not in accordance with the truth or facts
- irregular or invalid
a false start
- untruthful or lying
a false account
- not genuine, real, or natural; artificial; fake
false eyelashes
- being or intended to be misleading or deceptive
a false rumour
- disloyal or treacherous
a false friend
- based on mistaken or irrelevant ideas or facts
a false argument
false pride
- prenominal (esp of plants) superficially resembling the species specified
false hellebore
- serving to supplement or replace, often temporarily
a false keel
- music
- (of a note, interval, etc) out of tune
- (of the interval of a perfect fourth or fifth) decreased by a semitone
- (of a cadence) interrupted or imperfect
adverb
- in a false or dishonest manner (esp in the phrase play ( someone ) false )
Derived Forms
- ˈڲ, adverb
- ˈڲԱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ڲl adverb
- ڲn noun
- -ڲ adjective
- ܲȴ-ڲ adjective
- quasi-ڲl adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of false1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of false1
Idioms and Phrases
- play someone false, to betray someone; be treacherous or faithless.
More idioms and phrases containing false
- lull into (false sense of security)
- play false
- ring false
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Belichick later Wednesday released a statement through North Carolina, saying the CBS interview was “selectively edited” and suggested a “false narrative.”
Later that day, court papers say, emergency services personnel left the SUV to respond to a fire that turned out to be a false report.
However, in statement on Thursday, Tesla said the report was "absolutely false" while Mr Musk wrote on his social media platform X that the paper was "a discredit to journalism".
In 2023, Fox News paid $787.5 million to settle a separate defamation suit filed by Dominion Voting Systems over its reporting on President Trump’s false claims of election fraud in 2020.
On Wednesday, Belichick shared a lengthy statement claiming the segment was deceptively edited to create a "false narrative" and that Hudson was merely repeating terms that were set before for the interview.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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