FALSE


Meaning of FALSE in English

INDEX:

1. made to look real for dishonest purposes

2. an object that is made to look real for dishonest purposes

RELATED WORDS

opposite

↑ REAL

not natural : ↑ ARTIFICIAL

not true : ↑ UNTRUE

not sincere : ↑ PRETEND

see also

↑ TRUE

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1. made to look real for dishonest purposes

▷ false /fɔːls/ [adjective only before noun]

not real, but made to look real in order to deceive people :

▪ He gave the clerk a false name and address in case the police were looking for him.

▪ Her suitcase had a false bottom, containing 2 kilos of heroin.

▷ fake /feɪk/ [adjective only before noun]

use this about objects or documents that are not real, but are intended to look like something more important or valuable :

▪ They were selling fake Rolex watches on the market stall.

▪ a fake driver’s license

▪ Whitehorn pleaded guilty to possession of equipment to make fake identification documents.

▷ forged /fɔːʳdʒd/ [adjective]

a forged official document or bank note has been illegally made to look like a real one :

▪ He came into the country using a forged visa.

▪ a forged £50 note

▷ phoney/phony /ˈfəʊni/ [adjective usually before noun] informal

something that is phoney is false, but usually in an obvious way so that people realize it is not real :

▪ I left a phoney name but the right telephone number.

▪ Ever since he came back from London, John’s been talking with a phony British accent.

2. an object that is made to look real for dishonest purposes

▷ fake /feɪk/ [countable noun]

a copy of a valuable object or painting that is intended to make people think it is real :

▪ Is the vase a genuine antique or a fake?

▷ forgery /ˈfɔːʳdʒəri/ [countable noun]

a copy of a document, painting, or banknote that is made to look real for dishonest purposes :

▪ The painting, believed to be by Renoir, turned out to be a very clever forgery.

▷ dummy /ˈdʌmi/ [adjective only before noun]

a dummy object is one that is made to look like the real object but cannot be used :

▪ dummy rifles

▪ Semionov threatened the pilot with a dummy hand grenade and forced him to land the plane.

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