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A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life.
Saul Bellow

Meaning of "false" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FALSE

Old English fals, from Latin falsus, from fallere to deceive.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FALSE

false  [fɔːls] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FALSE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
False can act as an adjective and an adverb.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES FALSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

false

False

False or falsehood may refer to: ▪ False ▪ Lie or falsehood, a type of deception in the form of an untruthful statement ▪ Falsity or falsehood, in law, deceitfulness by one party that results in damage to another ▪ Falsies padding for use in a brassiere to create the appearance of larger breasts ▪ FALSE, a programming language ▪ false, a Unix command ▪ False, an album by Gorefest ▪ Matthew Dear or False, American DJ and producer ▪ Falsehood, a 2001 American short film starring Marie-Noelle Marquis...

Definition of false in the English dictionary

The first definition of false in the dictionary is not in accordance with the truth or facts. Other definition of false is irregular or invalid. False is also untruthful or lying.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FALSE


halse
hɔːls
waltz
wɔːls

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FALSE

false acacia
false alarm
false ankylosis
False Bay
false bedding
false beginner
false bulrush
false cirrus
false colour
false colours
false dawn
false diamond
false economy
false friend
false fruit
false gavial
false goldenrod
false imprisonment
false joint

WORDS THAT END LIKE FALSE

appulse
convulse
dulse
else
expulse
grilse
impulse
keep one´s finger on the pulse
monopulse
nerve impulse
on impulse
or else
play false
pulse
repulse
ring false
salse
something else
specific impulse
valse

Synonyms and antonyms of false in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FALSE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «false» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of false

Translation of «false» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FALSE

Find out the translation of false to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of false from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «false» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

假的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

falso
570 millions of speakers

English

false
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

झूठी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

زَائِف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ложный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

falso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মিথ্যা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

faux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

salah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

falsch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

偽りの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

그릇된
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Palsu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தவறான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चुकीचे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yanlış
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

falso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fałszywy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

хибний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

greșit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ψευδής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

valse
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

falsk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

falsk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of false

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FALSE»

The term «false» is very widely used and occupies the 2.840 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of false
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «false».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FALSE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «false» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «false» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about false

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10 QUOTES WITH «FALSE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word false.
1
Fiona Apple
The way I feel about music is that there is no right and wrong. Only true and false.
2
Thomas Aquinas
The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false.
3
Rochelle Aytes
People start talking about you and spreading false information, and it can really affect your spirit. So faith is very important to me.
4
Ethel Barrymore
Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping.
5
Pierre Bayle
It is pure illusion to think that an opinion that passes down from century to century, from generation to generation, may not be entirely false.
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Saul Bellow
A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life.
7
David Bohm
But you don't decide what to do with the info. Thought runs you. Thought, however, gives false info that you are running it, that you are the one who controls thought. Whereas actually thought is the one which controls each one of us.
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Niels Bohr
Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand. The exponential increase in advancement will only continue. Anthropological Commentary The opposite of a trivial truth is false; the opposite of a great truth is also true.
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Jack Cade
The law serves of nought else in these days but for to do wrong, for nothing is spread almost but false matters by color of the law for reward, dread and favor and so no remedy is had in the Court of Equity in any way.
10
Kim Campbell
Canadians want to see real hope restored, not false hopes raised.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FALSE»

Discover the use of false in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to false and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor
Bracing in its clarity, exhilarating in its common sense, True and False is invaluable. From the Trade Paperback edition.
David Mamet, 2011
2
Positively False: The Real Story of How I Won the Tour de France
A sports memoir by the American cyclist whose 2006 victory in the Tour de France was stripped due to allegations of doping sets out to clear his name by furnishing irrefutable evidence to prove his innocence, in a critique of the governing ...
Floyd Landis, 2007
3
Ideology and False Consciousness: Marx and His Historical ...
Argues that Marx thought of ideology as false consciousness, and that his ideas on the matter were influenced by the views of the Baconian-French Enlightenment and by Hegelian/Feuerbachian philosophies.
Christopher L. Pines, 1993
4
False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism
A professor of economics and a conservative political thinker suggests that imposing the American-style free market on the world is a recipe for disaster and reverses his position on the conservative agenda
John Gray, 1998
5
The False Prince: Book 1 of the Ascendance Trilogy
THE FALSE PRINCE is the thrilling first book in a brand-new trilogy filled with danger and deceit and hidden identities that will have readers rushing breathlessly to the end.
Jennifer A. Nielsen, 2012
6
False Love
This timely, intelligent book will alter not only the way we seek intimate relationships, but the way we live them.
Stan Katz, Aimee Liu, 1988
7
One False Note
Amy and Dan Cahill's quest to find the million dollars takes them to Vienna, where they must outwit their power-hungry relatives as they seek to solve a clue involving Mozart.
Gordon Korman, 2008
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The Science of False Memory
Brainerd and Reyna introduce the volume by considering the progenitors to the modern science of false memory, and noting the remarkable degree to which core themes of contemporary research were anticipated by historical figure such as Binet ...
C. J. Brainerd Professor of Human Development and Professor of Law Cornell University, V. F. Reyna Professor of Human Development Cornell University, 2005
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False Prophets
False Prophets critically examines the pioneering theories of the early management thinkers, such as Taylor, Follett, Mayo, and Deming, which intended to democratize corporate life yet have proved antithetical to the successful practice of ...
James Hoopes, 2007
10
False Papers
" Celebrated as one of the most poignant stylists of his generation, André Aciman has written a witty, surprising series of linked essays that ponder the experience of loss, moving from his forced departure from Alexandria as a teenager, ...
André Aciman, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FALSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term false is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Islamic faith is a false religion
Islam is a false religion invented by a false "prophet", who robbed, raped and beheaded his way across ancient Arabia. DR STEPHEN ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
2
Ray McDonald Charged With False Imprisonment, Domestic Violence
Santa Clara County prosecutors announced today that they have charged Ray McDonald with felony false imprisonment, misdemeanor ... «Deadspin, Jul 15»
3
City pays legitimate Xanax holder $25K for false arrest
The city is paying $25,000 to a woman busted in The Bronx for possession of a controlled substance — her own eight Xanax pills in a ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
4
Local attorney goes after herbal supplement companies with false
Now she's turned her attention to two other companies in California she says uses false advertisement. In a 1000+ page lawsuit she points the ... «MyFox Houston, Jul 15»
5
Spokesman: London-based report about Shad Khan false
A story in today's London Daily Standard speculated -- emphasis on speculated -- that Shad Khan wants to sell the Fulham Football Club, buy ... «Florida Times-Union, Jul 15»
6
CNN's Sanjay Gupta under fire, made false claims in Nepal …
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta has come under fire after a bombshell report revealed he didn't save the life of an 8-year-old Nepalese earthquake ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
7
'88 people granted Freedom Fighter status on false grounds'
An RTI activist here alleged that the Maharashtra government has granted 'Freedom Fighter' status to as many as 88 people in the state in ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
8
False Flag Change: History, the Confederate Flag, Obama and the …
As the reigning corporate United States media and politics culture responds to a terrible racist atrocity by questioning the political correctness of ... «CounterPunch, Jul 15»
9
Police: Drunken Hackettstown man calls 911 with false crash report …
They talked with Guitierrez-Diaz and determined that he called 911 to report a false incident to get a ride home. Guitierrez-Diaz was charged ... «KTRK-TV, Jul 15»
10
Former 49ers DT Facing Domestic Violence, False Imprisonment …
(AP) - Prosecutors in California have charged former San Francisco 49er defensive tackle Ray McDonald with domestic violence and false ... «KOLO, Jul 15»

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