Definizione di false

Frequenza

false

(fɔːls )

1. aggettivo

If something is false, it is incorrect, untrue, or mistaken.

It was quite clear the President was being given false information by those around him.

You do not know whether what you're told is true or false.

His sister said he had deliberately given the hospital a false name and address.

Sinonimi: untrue, fraudulent, unreal, concocted Ulteriori sinonimi di false

falsely avverbio [ADVERB with verb]

...a man who is falsely accused of a crime.

falsity (fɔːlsɪti ) sostantivo non numerabile [oft the NOUN of noun]

...with no clear knowledge of the truth or falsity of the issues involved.

Sinonimi: lie, fraud, cheating, deception Ulteriori sinonimi di false

Sinonimi: untruth, deceit, dishonesty, inaccuracy Ulteriori sinonimi di false

2. aggettivo [usually ADJECTIVE noun]

You use false to describe objects which are artificial but which are intended to look like the real thing or to be used instead of the real thing.

...the items she'd secreted in the false bottom of her suitcase.

...a set of false teeth.

I was wearing false eyelashes and a sweater two sizes too small.

3. aggettivo

If you describe a person or their behaviour as false, you are criticizing them for being insincere or for hiding their real feelings.

[disapproval]

She bowed her head and smiled in false modesty.

'Thank you,' she said with false enthusiasm.

Even to himself the geniality rang false and he came to a stop.

falsely avverbio [ADVERB adjective, ADVERB after verb]

He was falsely jovial, with his booming, mirthless laugh.

'This food is divine,' they murmur, falsely.

Ulteriori sinonimi di false

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Frequenza

false in American

(fɔls ; fôls)

aggettivo parola: ˈfalser or ˈfalsest

not true; in error; incorrect; mistaken

a false argument

untruthful; lying; dishonest

a false witness

disloyal; unfaithful

a false friend

deceiving or meant to deceive; misleading

a false scent

not real; artificial; counterfeit

false teeth

not properly so named; deceptively resembling

false jasmine

based on wrong or mistaken ideas

false pride

8. Mechanics

temporary, nonessential, or added on for protection, disguise, etc.

a false drawer

9. Music

pitched inaccurately

avverbio parola: ˈfalser or ˈfalsest

10.

in a false manner

SIMILAR WORDS: ˈfaithless

Modi di dire:

play someone false

put in a false position

SYNONYMY NOTE: false, in this comparison, refers to anything that is not in essence that which it purports to be and may or may not connote deliberate deception [false hair]; sham refers to an imitation or simulation of something and usually connotes intent to deceive [sham piety]; counterfeit and the colloquial , bogus apply to a very careful imitation and always imply intent to deceive or defraud [counterfeit, or bogus, money]; fake1 is a less formal term for any person or thing that is not genuine [a fake doctor, chimney, etc.]

OPPOSITES: genuine, real

forme derivate

falsely (ˈfalsely)

avverbio

falseness (ˈfalseness)

sostantivo

Parola origine false

ME < OFr < fals < L falsus, pp. of fallere, to deceive: see fail

Frequenza

false in British

(fɔːls )

aggettivo

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

false pride

a false argument

8. (prenominal)

(esp of plants) superficially resembling the species specified

false hellebore

serving to supplement or replace, often temporarily

a false keel

10. 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

avverbio

11.

in a false or dishonest manner (esp in the phrase play (someone) false)

forme derivate

falsely (ˈfalsely)

avverbio

falseness (ˈfalseness)

sostantivo

Parola origine false

Old English fals, from Latin falsus, from fallere to deceive

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