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/fɔːls/

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Translation

Not true; not right.

Word origin

From Latin falsus, meaning wrong or untrue, from fallere, to deceive.

Origin
Latin
Root
falsus

Examples

.

"False" means the story is not true.

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Here "false" means the name was not his real one.

marked .

Here "false" means the answer was not right.

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This word is part of lesson 38.