What does false mean?
Definitions for false
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Princeton's WordNet
false(adj)
not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
"gave false testimony under oath"; "false tales of bravery"
false, mistaken(adj)
arising from error
"a false assumption"; "a mistaken view of the situation"
false(adj)
erroneous and usually accidental
"a false start"; "a false alarm"
false(adj)
deliberately deceptive
"false pretenses"
delusive, false(adj)
inappropriate to reality or facts
"delusive faith in a wonder drug"; "delusive expectations"; "false hopes"
fake, false, faux, imitation, simulated(adj)
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"
false(adj)
designed to deceive
"a suitcase with a false bottom"
false, off-key, sour(adj)
inaccurate in pitch
"a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key"
assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham(adj)
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"
false, untrue(adverb)
(used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful
"a false friend"; "when lovers prove untrue"
faithlessly, traitorously, treacherously, treasonably, false(adverb)
in a disloyal and faithless manner
"he behaved treacherously"; "his wife played him false"
Wiktionary
false(Adjective)
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
false(Adjective)
Based on factually incorrect premises: false legislation
false(Adjective)
Spurious, artificial (as in false teeth).
false(Adjective)
A state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Origin: From false, from fals, from falsus, perfect passive participle of fallo. Uncommon before the 12 century, the word was reinforced in Middle English by fals (compare faus), eventually displacing native les, lese, from leas; See lease, leasing.
Webster Dictionary
False
uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness
False
not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false friend, lover, or subject; false to promises
False
not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement
False
not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false jewelry
False
not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as, a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in grammar
False
not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental
False
not in tune
False(adverb)
not truly; not honestly; falsely
False(adj)
to report falsely; to falsify
False(adj)
to betray; to falsify
False(adj)
to mislead by want of truth; to deceive
False(adj)
to feign; to pretend to make
Origin: [L. falsus, p. p. of fallere to deceive; cf. OF. faus, fals, F. faux, and AS. fals fraud. See Fail, Fall.]
Freebase
FALSE
FALSE is an esoteric programming language designed by Wouter van Oortmerssen in 1993, named after his favorite Boolean value. It is a small Forth-like stack-oriented language, with syntax designed to make the code inherently obfuscated, confusing, and unreadable. It is also noteworthy for having a compiler of only 1024 bytes. According to Van Oortmerssen, FALSE provided the inspiration for various well-known esoteric languages, including brainfuck and Befunge. FALSE is notably more tractable than most esoteric programming languages. The fundamental operations that it provides are reasonably sensible, and there is no gratuitous complexity. In these respects it stands in strong contrast to the behemoths Intercal and Malbolge. The difficulty of programming in FALSE comes mostly from the low-level nature of the language, which has the feel of a Forth-like assembly language. The remainder of the language's awkwardness comes from the concise punctuation-based syntax, which many people find more difficult than a more conventional word-based syntax. The language features basic arithmetic and logical operations, variables, subroutines, control flow statements, and input/output operations. FALSE operations are done using a stack. Its structure is largely based on the Forth programming language.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
False
fawls, adj. deceptive or deceiving: untruthful: unfaithful to obligations: untrue: not genuine or real, counterfeit: hypocritical: not well founded, or not according to rule: artificial, as opposed to natural, of teeth, &c.—adv. incorrectly: faithlessly.—n. (Shak.) falsehood: untruth.—v.t. (Shak.) to betray.—ns. False conception, a uterine growth consisting of some degenerate mass instead of a fœtus; False′face, a mask.—adjs. False′-faced (Shak.), hypocritical; False′-heart′ed, treacherous, deceitful.—n. False′hood, state or quality of being false: want of truth: want of honesty: deceitfulness: false appearance: an untrue statement: a lie.—adv. False′ly.—ns. False′ness; Fals′er (Spens.), a deceiver, a liar.—adjs. Falsid′ical, deceptive; Fals′ish, somewhat false.—ns. Fals′ism, a self-evident falsity; Fals′ity, quality of being false: a false assertion.—Play one false, to act falsely or treacherously to a person; Put in a false position, to bring any one into a position in which he must be misunderstood. [O. Fr. fals (mod. faux)—L. falsus, pa.p. of fallĕre, to deceive.]
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'false' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2812
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'false' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3369
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'false' in Adjectives Frequency: #373
Anagrams for false »
leafs
fleas
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of false in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of false in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of false in a Sentence
It was a false image.
It’s a false choice.
It would be equally false.
I think that argument is false.
This story is completely false.
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Translations for false
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- زائفArabic
- фалшив, неверен, грешен, изкуственBulgarian
- gaouBreton
- fals, incorrecte, artificial, postísCatalan, Valencian
- nepravdivý, imitovaný, nepravý, falešný, umělýCzech
- anwir, anghywir, gau, ffugWelsh
- falsk, kunstigDanish
- falsch, unecht, unwahrGerman
- ψευδής, πλαστός, κίβδηλος, νόθοςGreek
- malveraEsperanto
- falso, postizoSpanish
- غلطPersian
- petollinen, epälojaali, väärä, kelvoton, valheellinen, vale-, perusteeton, teko, vale, epärehellinen, epävireinen, virheellinen, falski, väliaikainen, epätosi, keinotekoinen, keino-Finnish
- faux, incorrect, artificielFrench
- bréige, bréag-, falsa, bréagachIrish
- breugach, fuadain, meallta, mealltachScottish Gaelic
- falsoGalician
- תותבת, שקרי, לא נכון, מזוייף, תותבHebrew
- झूठा, खोटाHindi
- hamis, mű-Hungarian
- սխալ, կեղծArmenian
- falseInterlingua
- buatan, salahIndonesian
- errato, bugiardo, falso, posticcio, fintoItalian
- 虚偽, 偽のJapanese
- ყალბიGeorgian
- gawCornish
- жаңылыш, арамза, ката, жасалмаKyrgyz
- falsus, mendaxLatin
- klaidingas, dirbtinis, netikras, neteisingasLithuanian
- mākslīgs, nepareizs, viltots, kļūdainsLatvian
- palsu, salahMalay
- vals, onecht, fout, onwaar, onjuistDutch
- falskNorwegian
- falsOccitan
- fałszywy, nieprawdziwy, sztucznyPolish
- falso, artificial, erradoPortuguese
- contrafăcut, neadevăr, fals, artificialRomanian
- фальшивый, ложный, неправильныйRussian
- अशुद्ध, असत्यSanskrit
- osann, konstgjord, falsk, falsktSwedish
- yanlış, yalan, yapay, sahteTurkish
- کھوٹا, جھوٹھا, غلطUrdu
- dobik, neveratikVolapük
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