False (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Designed to deceive; "a suitcase with a false bottom".
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Meaning 2
Inaccurate in pitch; "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key".
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Meaning 3
Erroneous and usually accidental; "a false start"; "a false alarm".
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Meaning 4
Deliberately deceptive; "false pretenses".
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Meaning 5
Inappropriate to reality or facts; "delusive faith in a wonder drug"; "delusive expectations"; "false hopes".
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Meaning 6
(used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful; "a false friend"; "when lovers prove untrue".
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Meaning 7
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".
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Meaning 8
Not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality; "gave false testimony under oath"; "false tales of bravery".
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Meaning 9
Arising from error; "a false assumption"; "a mistaken view of the situation".
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Meaning 10
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".
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