FALSE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If something is false, it is incorrect, untrue, or mistaken It was quite clear the President was being given false information by those around him You do not know whether what you're told is true or false His sister said he had deliberately given the hospital a false name and address
False - definition of false by The Free Dictionary In a treacherous or faithless manner: play a person false [Middle English fals, from Old English, counterfeit, and from Old French, false, both from Latin falsus, from past participle of fallere, to deceive ]
false - Wiktionary, the free dictionary 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”)
False - Wikipedia False or falsehood most commonly refer to: False (logic), the negation of truth in classical logic Lie or falsehood, a type of deception in the form of an untruthful statement False statement, aka a falsehood, falsity, misstatement or untruth, is a statement that is false