false
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
Adjective 4 meanings
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
Based on factually incorrect premises.
“false legislation, false punishment”
Spurious, artificial.
Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Verb 2 meanings
To incorrectly decode noise as if it were a valid signal.
To begin a race before being instructed to do so; to do a false start.
Adverb 1 meaning
In a dishonest and disloyal way; falsely.
Noun 1 meaning
One of two options on a true-or-false test, that not representing true.
“The student received a failing grade for circling every true and false on her quiz.”
Etymology
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.
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FALSE at a glance
FALSE has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (F 4 + A 1 + L 1 + S 1 + E 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,290 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with false
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- VALSE8
- HALSE8
- FARSE8
- SALSE5
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