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false

F0023700 (fôls)adj. fals·er, fals·est 1. Contrary to fact or truth: false tales of bravery.2. Deliberately untrue: delivered false testimony under oath.3. Arising from mistaken ideas: false hopes of writing a successful novel.4. Intentionally deceptive: a suitcase with a false bottom; false promises.5. Not keeping faith; treacherous: a false friend. See Synonyms at faithless.6. Not genuine or real: false teeth; false documents.7. Erected temporarily, as for support during construction.8. Resembling but not accurately or properly designated as such: a false thaw in January; the false dawn peculiar to the tropics.9. Music Of incorrect pitch.10. Unwise; imprudent: Don't make a false move or I'll shoot.11. Computers Indicating one of two possible values taken by a variable in Boolean logic or a binary device.adv. In a treacherous or faithless manner: play a person false.

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[Middle English fals, from Old English, counterfeit, and from Old French, false, both from Latin falsus, from past participle of fallere, to deceive.]

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false′ly adv.false′ness n.

false

(fɔːls) adj1. not in accordance with the truth or facts2. irregular or invalid: a false start. 3. untruthful or lying: a false account. 4. not genuine, real, or natural; artificial; fake: false eyelashes. 5. being or intended to be misleading or deceptive: a false rumour. 6. disloyal or treacherous: a false friend. 7. based on mistaken or irrelevant ideas or facts: false pride; a false argument. 8. (Biology) (prenominal) (esp of plants) superficially resembling the species specified: false hellebore. 9. serving to supplement or replace, often temporarily: a false keel. 10. (Music, other) music a. (of a note, interval, etc) out of tuneb. (of the interval of a perfect fourth or fifth) decreased by a semitonec. (of a cadence) interrupted or imperfectadvin a false or dishonest manner (esp in the phrase play (someone) false)[Old English fals, from Latin falsus, from fallere to deceive] ˈfalsely adv ˈfalseness n

false

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adj. fals•er, fals•est,
adv. adj. 1. not true or correct; erroneous; wrong: a false statement. 2. uttering or declaring what is untrue; lying: a false witness. 3. not faithful or loyal; treacherous; hypocritical: a false friend. 4. tending to deceive or mislead; deceptive: a false impression. 5. not genuine; counterfeit. 6. based on mistaken, erroneous, or inconsistent impressions, ideas, or facts: false pride. 7. used as a substitute or supplement, esp. temporarily: false supports for a bridge. 8. Biol. having a superficial resemblance to something that properly bears the name: the false acacia. 9. not properly, accurately, or honestly made, done, or adjusted: a false balance. 10. inaccurate in pitch, as a musical note. adv. 11. dishonestly; faithlessly; treacherously. Idioms: play someone false, to betray or mislead someone. [before 1000; Middle English, Old English fals < Latin falsus, past participle of fallere to deceive] false′ly, adv. false′ness, n. syn: false, sham, counterfeit agree in referring to something that is not genuine. false is used mainly of imitations of concrete objects; it sometimes implies an intent to deceive: false teeth; false hair. sham is rarely used of concrete objects and usu. has the suggestion of intent to deceive: sham title; sham tears. counterfeit always has the implication of cheating; it is used particularly of spurious imitation of coins and paper money.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	false - not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality; "gave false testimony under oath"; "false tales of bravery"incorrect, wrong - not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions"counterfeit, imitative - not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"dishonest, dishonorable - deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceiveinsincere - lacking sincerity; "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere"true - consistent with fact or reality; not false; "the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"- B. Russell; "the true meaning of the statement"
	2.	false - arising from error; "a false assumption"; "a mistaken view of the situation"mistakenincorrect, wrong - not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions"
	3.	false - erroneous and usually accidental; "a false start"; "a false alarm"invalid - having no cogency or legal force; "invalid reasoning"; "an invalid driver's license"
	4.	false - deliberately deceptive; "false pretenses"insincere - lacking sincerity; "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere"
	5.	false - inappropriate to reality or facts; "delusive faith in a wonder drug"; "delusive expectations"; "false hopes"delusiveunrealistic - not realistic; "unrealistic expectations"; "prices at unrealistic high levels"
	6.	false - not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide"faux, imitation, simulated, fakeartificial, unreal - contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"
	7.	false - designed to deceive; "a suitcase with a false bottom"dishonest, dishonorable - deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
	8.	false - inaccurate in pitch; "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key"off-key, sourinharmonious, unharmonious - not in harmony
	9.	false - adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"fictive, pretended, put on, sham, assumed, fictitiouscounterfeit, imitative - not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"
	10.	false - (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful; "a false friend"; "when lovers prove untrue"untrueinconstant - likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable; "inconstant affections"; "an inconstant lover"; "swear not by...the inconstant moon"- Shakespeare
Adv.	1.	false - in a disloyal and faithless manner; "he behaved treacherously"; "his wife played him false"faithlessly, traitorously, treacherously, treasonably

false

adjective1. incorrect, wrong, mistaken, misleading, faulty, inaccurate, invalid, improper, unfounded, erroneous, inexact This resulted in false information being entered.
incorrect right, sound, correct, exact, valid2. untrue, fraudulent, unreal, concocted, fictitious, trumped up, fallacious, untruthful, truthless You do not know whether what you are told is true or false.
untrue true, reliable3. artificial, forged, fake, mock, reproduction, synthetic, replica, imitation, bogus, simulated, sham, pseudo (informal), counterfeit, feigned, spurious, ersatz, pretended He paid for a false passport.
artificial real, genuine, authentic, sincere, honest, bona fide, kosher (informal), dinkum (Austral & N.Z. informal)4. treacherous, lying, deceiving, unreliable, two-timing (informal), dishonest, deceptive, hypocritical, unfaithful, two-faced, disloyal, unsound, deceitful, faithless, untrustworthy, insincere, double-dealing, dishonourable, duplicitous, mendacious, perfidious, treasonable, traitorous, inconstant, delusive, false-hearted She was a false friend, envious of her lifestyle and her life with her husband.
treacherous loyal, faithful, trustworthyplay someone false cheat, betray, deceive, double-cross, stab in the back, sell down the river (informal), give the Judas kiss to

false

adjective1. Devoid of truth:counterfactual, specious, spurious, truthless, untrue, untruthful, wrong.2. Containing an error or errors:erroneous, fallacious, inaccurate, incorrect, mistaken, off, unsound, untrue, wrong.Idioms: all wet, in error, off base, off the mark.3. Containing fundamental errors in reasoning:fallacious, illogical, invalid, sophistic, specious, spurious, unsound.4. Fraudulently or deceptively imitative:bogus, counterfeit, fake, fraudulent, phony, sham, spurious, suppositious, supposititious.5. Not true to duty or obligation:disloyal, faithless, false-hearted, perfidious, recreant, traitorous, treacherous, unfaithful, untrue.

Translations

假的无信义的不真实的人造的

false

(foːls) adjective1. not true; not correct. He made a false statement to the police. 不真實的 不真实的2. not genuine; intended to deceive. She has a false passport. 假的，虛偽的 假的3. artificial. false teeth. 人造的 人造的4. not loyal. false friends. 無信義的 无信义的ˈfalsehood noun (the telling of) a lie. She is incapable of (uttering a) falsehood. 說謊 说谎ˈfalsify (-fӕi) verb to make false. He falsified the accounts. 偽造 伪造ˌfalsifiˈcation (-fi-) noun 偽造 伪造ˈfalsity noun 謊言 慌言false alarm a warning of something which in fact does not happen. 一場虛驚 一场虚惊false start in a race, a start which is declared not valid and therefore has to be repeated. 錯誤的起步 错误的起步

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