false

false · adjective

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Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Not according with truth or fact; incorrect or untrue.

  2. 2.

    Made or meant to deceive; not genuine or authentic.

  3. 3.

    Disloyal or unfaithful.

  4. 4.

    Artificial; not natural.

  5. 5.

    (in logic and computing) Having the value indicating negation or absence of truth.

Phrases & expressions

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    false alarm — a warning given about something that does not happen
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    false start — an invalid start in a race; a failed beginning
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    false pretenses — misrepresentations intended to deceive
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    under false colors — pretending to be something one is not
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    ring false — seem insincere or unconvincing

Related words

Antonyms: correct, genuine, real, true
See also: fake, lie, true, wrong
Synonyms: fake, incorrect, untrue, wrong

Etymology

From Old English fals meaning "false, deceitful," from Latin falsus meaning "deceived, erroneous, mistaken," past participle of fallere meaning "to deceive."