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FALSE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful
Example:
when lovers prove untrue
Synonyms:
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inconstant (likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable)
Derivation:
falseness (the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical)
falsity (the state of being false or untrue)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Arising from error
Example:
a mistaken view of the situation
Synonyms:
false; mistaken
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incorrect; wrong (not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth)
Derivation:
falseness; falsity (the state of being false or untrue)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Adopted in order to deceive
Example:
sham modesty
Synonyms:
assumed; false; fictitious; fictive; pretended; put on; sham
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Adjectives
Similar:
counterfeit; imitative (not genuine; imitating something superior)
Derivation:
falseness (the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Inaccurate in pitch
Example:
her singing was off key
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inharmonious; unharmonious (not in harmony)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Designed to deceive
Example:
a suitcase with a false bottom
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Adjectives
Similar:
dishonest; dishonorable (deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
Example:
a purse of simulated alligator hide
Synonyms:
fake; false; faux; imitation; simulated
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Adjectives
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artificial; unreal (contrived by art rather than nature)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Inappropriate to reality or facts
Example:
false hopes
Synonyms:
delusive; false
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Adjectives
Similar:
unrealistic (not realistic)
Derivation:
falseness; falsity (the state of being false or untrue)
Sense 8
Meaning:
Deliberately deceptive
Example:
false pretenses
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
insincere (lacking sincerity)
Derivation:
falseness (unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous)
falsity (a false statement)
Sense 9
Meaning:
Not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
Example:
false tales of bravery
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
untrue (not according with the facts)
trumped-up (concocted with intent to deceive)
specious; spurious (plausible but false)
mendacious (intentionally untrue)
Also:
insincere (lacking sincerity)
dishonest; dishonorable (deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive)
counterfeit; imitative (not genuine; imitating something superior)
incorrect; wrong (not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth)
Attribute:
the true; trueness; truth; verity (conformity to reality or actuality)
Antonym:
true (consistent with fact or reality; not false)
Derivation:
falseness (the state of being false or untrue)
falsity (a false statement)
Sense 10
Meaning:
Erroneous and usually accidental
Example:
a false alarm
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Adjectives
Similar:
invalid (having no cogency or legal force)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a disloyal and faithless manner
Example:
his wife played him false
Synonyms:
faithlessly; false; traitorously; treacherously; treasonably
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Context examples:
It was evident to me that she was saying what was false.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Then he called his son and told him that he had only a false bride; for that she was merely a waiting-maid, while the true bride stood by.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
The false Wizard looked at him carefully.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
The false colors provide a way to humans to talk about infrared wavelengths of light their eyes cannot actually see.
(Citizen Scientists Discover Yellow "Space Balls", NASA)
The surface texture has yet to be resolved simply because we are still too far away; any apparent brighter or darker regions may turn out to be false interpretations at this early stage.
(Rosetta Comet May Be a Contact Binary, NASA)
The One Step hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) urine pregnancy test came to the attention of the TGA after a family planning clinic reported three cases of false negative readings of the test.
(Numerous home pregnancy tests recalled after false negative results reported, Wikinews)
It is false modesty, I know it is that, but you can make it easy for me.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
A false belief regarding the self or persons or objects outside the self that persists despite the facts, and is not considered tenable by one's associates.
(Delusion, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Issue associated with the use of the device in terms of inappropriate and false control setting for the device's specified operation and/or intended use.
(Control Setting Incorrect Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)
In most allergic reactions, however, it is responding to a false alarm.
(Allergy, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
