My vs False - What's the difference?
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Belonging to me.
(dated) Used to express surprise, shock or amazement.
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a noun my
is midge, blackfly, midget, gnat or my can be mu (greek letter).As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.my
English
(wikipedia my)Etymology 1
From (etyl) my, apocopated form of min, myn, from (etyl) . More at (l).Determiner
- Don't you know my name?
- I recognised him because he had attended my school.
Derived terms
(terms derived using my) * my arse * my ass * my bad * my eye * my fellow Americans * my foot * my God * my goodness * my gosh * my pleasure * my son * my way or the highway * my wordSee also
(English personal pronouns)Etymology 2
An abbreviation of an oath such as my word'' or ''my lordInterjection
(en interjection)- My , what big teeth you have!
Derived terms
* my myfalse
English
Adjective
(er)A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society, section=Part 1, publisher=Clarendon Press, location=Oxford, editor= , volume=1, page=217 , passage=Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.}}