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Definition of 'false' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) false
not true or correct; erroneous; wrong:
a false statement.

2.  false
uttering or declaring what is untrue; lying:
a false witness.

3.  false
not faithful or loyal; treacherous; hypocritical:
a false friend.

4.  false
tending to deceive or mislead; deceptive:
a false impression.

5.  false
not genuine; counterfeit.

6.  false
based on mistaken, erroneous, or inconsistent impressions, ideas, or facts:
false pride.

7.  false
used as a substitute or supplement, esp. temporarily:
false supports for a bridge.

8.  false
Biol. having a superficial resemblance to something that properly bears the name:
the false acacia.

9.  false
not properly, accurately, or honestly made, done, or adjusted:
a false balance.

10.  false
inaccurate in pitch, as a musical note.

11. (adv.) false
dishonestly; faithlessly; treacherously.


Definition of 'false' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) false
not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
"gave false testimony under oath"; "false tales of bravery"

2. (adj) false, mistaken
arising from error
"a false assumption"; "a mistaken view of the situation"

3. (adj) false
erroneous and usually accidental
"a false start"; "a false alarm"

4. (adj) false
deliberately deceptive
"false pretenses"

5. (adj) delusive, false
inappropriate to reality or facts
"delusive faith in a wonder drug"; "delusive expectations"; "false hopes"

6. (adj) fake, false, faux, imitation, simulated
not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
"it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide"

7. (adj) false
designed to deceive
"a suitcase with a false bottom"

8. (adj) false, off-key, sour
inaccurate in pitch
"a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key"

9. (adj) assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham
adopted in order to deceive
"an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"

10. (adverb) false, untrue
(used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful
"a false friend"; "when lovers prove untrue"

11. (adverb) faithlessly, traitorously, treacherously, treasonably, false
in a disloyal and faithless manner
"he behaved treacherously"; "his wife played him false"


Definition of 'false' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) false
not true
a false statement; false advertising; The charges turned out to be false.

2.  false
not real; = fake
false documents; false eyelashes

3.  false
based on incorrect information
The news report gave us false hope.; a false impression of the size of the building

4.  false
not sincere
false words

5.  false
under/on false pretenses
using deliberately untrue information
They took my money under false pretenses.


Definition of 'false' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) false
to report falsely; to falsify

2. (adj) false
to betray; to falsify

3. (adj) false
to mislead by want of truth; to deceive

4. (adj) false
to feign; to pretend to make

5. (adverb) false
not truly; not honestly; falsely

6.  false
uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness

7.  false
not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false friend, lover, or subject; false to promises

8.  false
not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement

9.  false
not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false jewelry

10.  false
not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as, a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in grammar

11.  false
not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental

12.  false
not in tune


Translation of 'false' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: not true; not correct
He made a false statement to the police.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: vals, verkeerd, onwaar Arabic flag Arabic: كاذِب Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: неверен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: falso Czech flag Czech: klamný, špatný German flag German: falsch
Danish flag Danish: falsk; ukorrekt Greek flag Greek: ψεύτικος, αναληθής Spanish flag Spanish: falso
Estonian flag Estonian: vale Farsi flag Farsi: دروغ؛ اشتباه Finnish flag Finnish: virheellinen
French flag French: faux Hebrew flag Hebrew: כּוֹזֵב Hindi flag Hindi: झूठा
Croatian flag Croatian: lažan, netočan Hungarian flag Hungarian: valótlan Indonesian flag Indonesian: tidak benar
Icelandic flag Icelandic: ósannur, rangur Italian flag Italian: falso Japanese flag Japanese: 間違った
Korean flag Korean: 옳지 않은 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: klaidingas, neteisingas Latvian flag Latvian: nepareizs
Malay flag Malay: tidak benar Dutch flag Dutch: vals Norwegian flag Norwegian: falsk, feilaktig, usann
Polish flag Polish: fałszywy Persian flag Persian: دروغ؛ اشتباه Pashto flag Pashto: غلط، خائن، درغل، بى وفا،
Portuguese flag Portuguese: falso Romanian flag Romanian: fals Russian flag Russian: ложный
Slovak flag Slovak: falošný Slovenian flag Slovenian: lažen Serbian flag Serbian: lažan
Swedish flag Swedish: falsk, osann Thai flag Thai: เท็จ Turkish flag Turkish: yalan, yanlış
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 不真實的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: хибний, помилковий Urdu flag Urdu: غلط
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sai; nhầm Chinese flag Chinese: 不真实的

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