False - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |fɔːls|  American pronunciation of the word false
Brit.  |fɔːls|  British pronunciation of the word false

adjective

- arising from error (syn: mistaken)
a false assumption
- erroneous and usually accidental
a false start
a false alarm
- deliberately deceptive
false pretenses
- inappropriate to reality or facts (syn: delusive)
false hopes
- not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article (syn: fake, imitation, simulated)
false teeth
- designed to deceive
a suitcase with a false bottom
- inaccurate in pitch (syn: off-key, sour)
a false (or sour) note
- adopted in order to deceive (syn: assumed, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham)
- (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful (syn: untrue)
a false friend

adverb

- in a disloyal and faithless manner (syn: treacherously)
his wife played him false

Extra examples

Indicate whether each of the following statements is true or false.

He registered at the hotel under a false name.

His friends played him false.

Please decide whether the following statements are true or false.

I don't want to give you any false hopes.

The statement gives us a false impression that we understand something when we do not.

The drugs were hidden in a suitcase with a false bottom.

The man had given a false name and address.

She's so false.

'You played brilliantly.' 'Not really,' Ian replied with false modesty.

Much of what people think they know about words is inaccurate or downright false

He gave the police false information about his background.

The policeman warned him not to make any false moves.

She registered at the hotel under a false name.

The lawyers do not want to raise false hopes of an early settlement.

Word forms

adjective
comparative: falser
superlative: falsest
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