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  • 21false — adjective 1 UNTRUE a statement, story, etc that is false is completely untrue: Please decide whether the following statements are true or false. | false accusations 2 WRONG based on incorrect information or ideas: I don t want to give you any… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22FALSE — See False for other meanings of 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… …

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  • 23false */*/ — UK [fɔːls] / US [fɔls] adjective Word forms false : adjective false comparative falser superlative falsest Other ways of saying false: imitation made to look like something else, usually something more expensive: imitation leather artificial made …

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  • 24false — adj. & adv. adj. 1 not according with fact; wrong, incorrect (a false idea). 2 a spurious, sham, artificial (false gods; false teeth; false modesty). b acting as such; appearing to be such, esp. deceptively (a false lining). 3 illusory; not… …

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  • 25false — I. adjective (falser; falsest) Etymology: Middle English fals, faus, from Anglo French & Latin; Anglo French, from Latin falsus, from past participle of fallere to deceive Date: 12th century 1. not genuine < false documents > < false teeth > 2 …

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  • 26false — falsely, adv. falseness, n. /fawls/, adj., falser, falsest, adv. adj. 1. not true or correct; erroneous: a false statement. 2. uttering or declaring what is untrue: a false witness. 3. not faithful or loyal; treacherous: a false friend. 4.&#8230; …

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  • 27false — [[t]fɔls[/t]] adj. fals•er, fals•est, adv. 1) not true or correct; erroneous; wrong: a false statement[/ex] 2) uttering or declaring what is untrue; lying: a false witness[/ex] 3) not faithful or loyal; treacherous; hypocritical: a false&#8230; …

    From formal English to slang

  • 28false — /fɔls / (say fawls), /fɒls / (say fols) adjective (falser, falsest) 1. not true or correct; erroneous: a false statement; a false accusation. 2. uttering or declaring what is untrue: false prophets; a false witness. 3. deceitful; treacherous;&#8230; …

  • 29false — [[t]fɔ͟ːls[/t]] ♦♦♦ 1) ADJ 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&#8230; …

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  • 30false — 01. He was arrested for giving [false] information on his application for a passport. 02. I was [falsely] accused of cheating on the test by my stupid teacher. 03. A group of men have been arrested by immigration authorities for [falsifying]&#8230; …

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