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CEFRA1

/fɔːls/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Not true, correct, or real.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Based on factually incorrect premises.

Examples

  • A whale is a fish. True or false?

  • The witnesses were able to refute the false testimony of the suspect.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Spurious, artificial.

  2. Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.

  3. Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.

More examples

In context

  • I have false nearsightedness.

  • false legislation, false punishment

  • a false witness

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Antonyms

Quick test

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The detective realized the witness gave a blank statement during the trial.

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English false, fals, from Old English fals (“false; counterfeit; fraudulent; wrong; mistaken”), from Latin falsus (“counterfeit, false; falsehood”), perfect passive participle of fallō (“deceive”). Reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman and Old French fals, faus. Compare Scots fals, false, Saterland Frisian falsk, German falsch, Dutch vals, Swedish and Danish falsk; all from Latin falsus. Displaced native Middle English les, lese, from Old English lēas (“false”); See lease, leasing. Doublet of faux. The verb is from Middle English falsen, falsien, from Old French falser, from Latin falsō (“falsify”), itself also from falsus; compare French fausser (“to falsify, to distort”...