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What (who) is FALSE - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
False (disambiguation); Flase; Falsehood (film)
false
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
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.
? true
ADJ
• falsely
...a man who is falsely accused of a crime.
= wrongly
ADV: ADV with v
2.
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.
...a set of false teeth...
= artificial
? real
ADJ: usu ADJ n
3.
If you describe a person or their behaviour as false, you are criticizing them for being insincere or for hiding their real feelings.
'Thank you,' she said with false enthusiasm...
? genuine
ADJ [disapproval]
• falsely
He was falsely jovial, with his booming, mirthless laugh...
'This food is divine,' they murmur, falsely.
ADV: ADV adj, ADV after v
False
·superl Not in tune.
II. False ·adv Not truly; not honestly; falsely.
III. False ·adj To Feign; to pretend to make.
IV. False ·adj To report falsely; to Falsify.
V. False ·adj To mislead by want of truth; to Deceive.
VII. False ·superl Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness.
VIII. False ·superl Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
IX. False ·superl Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.
X. False ·superl Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as, a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in grammar.
XI. False ·superl Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false jewelry.
XII. False ·superl Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, ·etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false friend, lover, or subject; false to promises.
false
¦ adjective
1. not according with truth or fact.
invalid or illegal: false imprisonment.
2. deliberately intended to deceive.
artificial.
3. not actually so; illusory.
used in names of plants, animals, and gems that superficially resemble the thing properly so called, e.g. false scorpion.
4. disloyal.
Phrases
play someone false deceive or cheat someone.
Derivatives
falsely adverb
falseness noun
falsity noun
Origin
OE fals 'fraud', from L. falsum 'fraud', neut. past participle of fallere 'deceive'; reinforced or re-formed in ME from OFr. fals, faus 'false'.
Wikipedia
False
False or falsehood may refer to:
- False (logic), the negation of truth in classical logic
- Lie or falsehood, a type of deception in the form of an untruthful statement
- false (Unix), a Unix command
- False (album), a 1992 album by Gorefest
- Matthew Dear or False (born 1979), American DJ and producer
- Falsehood (1952 film), an Italian melodrama film
- Falsehood (2001 film), an American short film
Examples of use of FALSE
1. It found that SAIC had made 17 false statements and 60 false claims under the Federal False Claims Act.
2. He was also convicted of submitting false testimony, obtaining false testimony and unbecoming behaviour.
3. "It is premised on the false notion that new immigrants cannot be assimilated, which is false.
4. White House spokesman Tony Snow called the accusation "false, false, false." "They‘re not leaking information to try to undermine the House speaker," Snow said.
5. False portrayal Some Palestinians say the joint Israel–Palestinian team portrayed a false sense of camaraderie.