Tra từ false - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

false BrE [fɔːls] NAmE [fɔːls] adjective

NOT TRUE
1. wrong; not correct or true
• A whale is a fish. True or false?
• Predictions of an early improvement in the housing market proved false.
•She gave false information to the insurance company.
•He used a false name to get the job.

NOT NATURAL
2. not natural
Syn: ↑artificial
•false teeth/eyelashes
•a false beard

NOT GENUINE
3. not genuine, but made to look real to cheat people
•a false passport

NOT SINCERE
4. (of people's behaviour)not real or sincere
•false modesty
•She flashed him a false smile of congratulation.

WRONG/MISTAKEN
5. usually before noun wrong or mistaken, because it is based on sth that is not true or correct
•a false argument/assumption/belief
•to give a false impression of wealth
•to lull sb into a false sense of security (= make sb feel safe when they are really in danger)
• They didn't want to raise any false hopes, but they believed her husband had escaped capture.
• Buying a cheap computer is a false economy (= will not actually save you money).

NOT FAITHFUL
6. (literary) (of people)not faithful
•a false lover
more at ring true/hollow/false at ↑ring ²_v.
Idiom: ↑by false pretences
Derived Word: ↑falsely

Word Origin:
Old English fals ‘fraud, deceit’, from Latin falsum ‘fraud’, neuter past participle of fallere ‘deceive’; reinforced or re-formed in Middle English from Old French fals, faus ‘false’.

Thesaurus:
false [false falsely] adj.
1.
•A whale is a fish. True or false?
wrong • • untrue • • incorrect • • mistaken • • inaccurate • • misguided •
Opp: true
false/wrong/untrue/incorrect/mistaken/inaccurate information
a false/mistaken/inaccurate/misguided belief
give/get a false/the wrong/a mistaken/an inaccurate impression
2.
•a false beard and moustache
fake • • imitation • • artificial • • synthetic • • man-made •
Opp: real, Opp: genuine
false/fake/imitation/artificial/synthetic diamonds/pearls
fake/imitation/artificial/synthetic fur/leather
artificial/synthetic/man-made fabrics/fibres/materials/products
3.
•He had been using a false passport.
fake • |formal counterfeit • |disapproving bogus • • sham • |BrE, informal, often disapproving phoney • |especially AmE phony •
a false/fake/bogus identity
a false/fake/phoney document/passport/invoice
a false/bogus claim/application
False or fake? False is used more frequently to describe documents and parts of the body, such as eyelashes or teeth; fake is used more to describe other objects
•fake goods/flowers/bombs
4.
•This is no time for false modesty.
insincere • • hollow •
Opp: genuine
false/insincere/hollow words
a/an false/insincere/hollow smile
look/sound/ring false/hollow

Example Bank:
•Helen's voice sounded slightly false.
•Lagos is the capital of Nigeria. True or false?
•She managed a horribly false smile.
•The gossip about her later proved to be entirely false.
•The law can punish knowingly false statements.
•Their claim was patently false.
•This claim is simply false.
•Buying a cheap computer is a false economy.
•Come on— this is no time for false modesty.
•He had been travelling with a false passport.
•His argument is based on the false assumption that all women want children.
•I don't want to raise any false hopes, but I think he's still alive.
•Predictions of an early improvement in the housing market proved false.
•She gave a tinkly little laugh, which sounded horribly false even to her own ears.
•The case had a false bottom where documents or even a small radio could be hidden.
•The couple had given the false impression of a blissfully happy marriage.
•Those who were thought to hold false beliefs were persecuted.
•We had been lulled into a false sense of security.
•a false beard and moustache
•false teeth/eyelashes