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false  (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. Computer Science 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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falsely adv.

falseness n.

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false

Adjective

1. not in accordance with the truth or facts: false allegations

2. not real or genuine but intended to seem so: false teeth

3. misleading or deceptive: their false promises

4. forced or insincere: false cheer

5. based on mistaken ideas [Latin falsus]

falsely adv
falseness n

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 deceive insincere - 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" mistaken 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"
	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" delusive unrealistic - 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, fake artificial, 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, sour inharmonious, 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, fictitious counterfeit, 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" untrue inconstant - 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

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false

adjective 1. incorrect, wrong, mistaken, misleading, faulty, inaccurate, invalid, improper, unfounded, erroneous, inexact << OPPOSITE correct

adjective 2. untrue, fraudulent, unreal, concocted, fictitious, trumped up, fallacious, untruthful, truthless << OPPOSITE true

adjective 3. artificial, forged, fake, mock, reproduction, synthetic, replica, imitation, bogus, simulated, sham, pseudo (informal) counterfeit, feigned, spurious, ersatz, pretended << OPPOSITE real

adjective 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 << OPPOSITE loyal

Translations

false [fɔːls] adj (gen) → falso; [teeth etc] → postizo (= disloyal); desleal, traidor(a);

under false pretences → con engaños

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false [fɔːls] adj → faux(fausse);

under false pretences → sous un faux prétexte

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false [fɔːls] adj → falsch;

(imprisonment) → widerrechtlich

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false [fɔːls] adj → falso/a;

under false pretences → con l'inganno