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ложь — meaning in English

lozh

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English meaning

  • deception noun An action or scheme designed to make someone believe something untrue.
  • false adjective Not true; incorrect or contrary to fact.
  • falsehood noun A false statement; a lie.
  • figment noun Something invented or imagined that has no basis in reality.
  • lie verb To be in or move into a horizontal, resting position.
  • mendacity noun The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty.

Senses

ложь is used for these senses in English:

  • deception An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.
  • false (logic) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
  • falsehood (countable) A false statement, especially an intentional one; a lie.
  • figment A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.
  • lie An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
  • mendacity (countable) A deceit, falsehood, or lie.

false — full definition

  1. adjective Not true; incorrect or contrary to fact.
  2. adjective Not genuine or real; artificial.
  3. adjective Disloyal or deceitful.
  4. adjective Representing a negative or "no" value in logic or computing.

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