RING TRUE / HOLLOW / FALSE

Meaning of RING TRUE / HOLLOW / FALSE in English

to give the impression of being sincere / true or not sincere / true :

It may seem a strange story but it rings true to me.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

FALSE — adj false (1. incorrect; 2. deceitful, treacherous; 3. as in false teeth); false clave skeleton key
Interlingua English vocab
TRUE — I. ˈtrü adjective ( usually truer -üə(r); -u̇(ə)r, -u̇ə ; usually truest -üə̇st) Etymology: Middle English trew, trewe, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOLLOW — I. ˈhä(ˌ)lō, -_lə often -_ləw+V adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English holwe, holg, holh, from holg, holh hole, den, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FALSE — I. ˈfȯls also -lts adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English fals, faus, from Old French & Latin; Old French …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TRUE — (n.) Actual; not counterfeit, adulterated, or pretended; genuine; pure; real; as, true balsam; true love of country; a true Christian.
Английский словарь Webster
HOLLOW — (a.) Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow heart; a hollow friend.
Английский словарь Webster
HOLLOW — (a.) Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; …
Английский словарь Webster
FALSE — (superl.) Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as, a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in …
Английский словарь Webster
FALSE — (superl.) Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false …
Английский словарь Webster
HOLLOW — ( a. ) Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow heart; a hollow friend.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HOLLOW — ( a. ) Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TRUE — — trueness , n. /trooh/ , adj., truer, truest , n., adv., v., trued, truing or trueing . adj. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RING — ring 1 — ringless , adj. — ringlike , adj. /ring/ , n. , v. , ringed, ringing . n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOLLOW — — hollowly , adv. — hollowness , n. /hol"oh/ , adj., hollower, hollowest , n., v., adv. adj. 1. having …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FALSE — — falsely , adv. — falseness , n. /fawls/ , adj., falser, falsest , adv. adj. 1. not true or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TRUE — I. ˈtrü adjective ( tru·er ; tru·est ) Etymology: Middle English trewe, from Old English trēowe faithful; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RING — I. ˈriŋ noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hring; akin to Old High German hring ring, Old Church Slavic …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOLLOW — I. ˈhä-(ˌ)lō noun Etymology: Middle English holw, holh, from Old English holh hole, hollow — more at hole Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FALSE — I. ˈfȯls adjective ( fals·er ; fals·est ) Etymology: Middle English fals, faus, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TRUE — adv in accordance with truth; truly. 2. true ·noun right to precision; conformable to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate; …
Webster English vocab
RING — noun a circular group of persons. 2. ring ·vi to rise in the air spirally. 3. ring ·vi to practice …
Webster English vocab
HOLLOW — vt to urge or call by shouting. 2. hollow ·interj hollo. 3. hollow ·adj depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken. 4. hollow …
Webster English vocab
FALSE — superl not in tune. 2. false ·adv not truly; not honestly; falsely. 3. false ·adj to feign; to pretend to …
Webster English vocab
TRUE — [true] adj tru.er ; tru.est [ME trewe, fr. OE treowe faithful; akin to OHG gitriuwi faithful, OIr derb sure, and …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RING — [ring] n [ME, fr. OE hring; akin to OHG hring ring, OCS krogu circle] (bef. 12c) 1: a circular band …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOLLOW — [hollow] n (bef. 12c) 1: an unfilled space: cavity, hole 2: a depressed or low part of a surface; esp: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FALSE — [false] adj fals.er ; fals.est [ME fals, fr. OF & L; OF, fr. L falsus, fr. pp. of fallere to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOLLOW — hollow BrE AmE ˈhɒl əʊ AmE \ ˈhɑːl oʊ ▷ hollow|ed d ▷ hollow|ing ɪŋ ▷ hollow|ly li ▷ hollow|ness …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FALSE — false BrE AmE fɔːls fɒls fɑːls ▷ falser ˈfɔːls ə ˈfɒls ə AmE ˈfɔːls ə r ˈfɑːls ə r ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
RING — I . / rɪŋ; NAmE / noun , verb —see also ring (II) ■ noun JEWELLERY 1. [ C ] …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TRUE — / truː; NAmE / adjective , adverb , noun ■ adjective ( truer , tru·est ) CORRECT 1. connected with …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOLLOW — / ˈhɒləʊ; NAmE ˈhɑːloʊ/ adjective , noun , verb ■ adjective 1. having a hole or empty space inside : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FALSE — / fɔːls; NAmE / adjective NOT TRUE 1. wrong; not correct or true : A whale is a fish. True …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TRUE — I. true 1 S1 W1 /truː/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: adverb : ↑ truly , ↑ truthfully ≠ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RING — I. ring 1 S1 W2 /rɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Sense 1-2, 5, 8-11: Language: Old English ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOLLOW — I. hol ‧ low 1 /ˈhɒləʊ $ ˈhɑː-/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ; Origin: holh 'hole, hollow …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FALSE — false W3 /fɔːls $ fɒːls/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 900-1000 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: falsus , from fallere …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TRUE — adj., adv., & v. --adj. 1 in accordance with fact or reality (a true story). 2 genuine; rightly or strictly …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOLLOW — adj., n., v., & adv. --adj. 1 a having a hole or cavity inside; not solid throughout. b having a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FALSE — adj. & adv. --adj. 1 not according with fact; wrong, incorrect (a false idea). 2 a spurious, sham, artificial (false …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TRUE — adj., adv., & v. adj. 1 in accordance with fact or reality (a true story). 2 genuine; rightly or strictly …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOLLOW — adj., n., v., & adv. adj. 1 a having a hole or cavity inside; not solid throughout. b having a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FALSE — adj. & adv. adj. 1 not according with fact; wrong, incorrect (a false idea). 2 a spurious, sham, artificial (false …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TRUE — adj., adv., & v. --adj. 1. in accordance with fact or reality (a true story). 2 genuine; rightly or strictly …
Oxford English vocab
RING — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a circular band, usu. of precious metal, worn on a finger as an ornament …
Oxford English vocab
HOLLOW — adj., n., v., & adv. --adj. 1. a having a hole or cavity inside; not solid throughout. b having a …
Oxford English vocab
FALSE — adj. & adv. --adj. 1. not according with fact; wrong, incorrect (a false idea). 2 a spurious, sham, artificial (false …
Oxford English vocab
RING — I. TELEPHONING OR MAKING A SOUND /rɪŋ/ ( rings, ringing, rang, rung) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TRUE — ( truer, truest) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If something is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOLLOW — ( hollows, hollowing, hollowed) 1. Something that is hollow has a space inside it, as opposed to being solid all …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FALSE — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If something is false , it …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TRUE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a dream comes true (= something you want happens ) ▪ I’d always wanted …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RING — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bell rings out (= it rings loudly ) ▪ The bells rang out …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOLLOW — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a false/empty/hollow promise (= one that will not be kept ) ▪ I didn’t …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FALSE — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a false confession (= one that is not true ) ▪ The officers were accused …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FALSE — (NOT SINCERE) [adjective] [disapproving] - (of a person or their manner) dishonest or not sincerea false smile/laughI don't like her …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TRUE — Synonyms and related words : Christian, absolute, acceptable, accepted, accommodate, accord, accurate, accurately, active, actual, adapt, adjust, adjust to, apodictic, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TRUE — n. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: FAITHFUL 1, allegiant, ardent, constant, ||dinky-di, liege, loyal, resolute, staunch, steadfast Related Words: sincere, unfeigned, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
TRUE — adjective 1. Synonyms: faithful 1, allegiant, ardent, constant, ||dinky-di, liege, loyal, resolute, staunch, steadfast Related Word: sincere, unfeigned, whole-hearted, whole-souled …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
TRUE — INDEX: 1. when something is true 2. when facts are shown to be true after being examined 3. definitely true …
Longman Activator English vocab
TRUE — See ↑ REAL 2,3,5,6 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be partly true/partially true • ↑ be true • ↑ be true to …
Longman Activator English vocab
FALSE — INDEX: 1. made to look real for dishonest purposes 2. an object that is made to look real for dishonest …
Longman Activator English vocab

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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