Never vs False - What's the difference?
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At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance.
* 1634 , (w), (John Fletcher), , Act 2, Scene 4,
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1
, passage=In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.}}
* 1908 , (Lucy Maud Montgomery), , Chapter XXI: A New Departure in Flavorings,
* 1919 , B. G. Jefferis, J. L. Nichols, ,
Not at any other time; not on any other occasion; not previously.
* 1601 Novenber 30, (Elizabeth I of England), ,
* 1813 , (Jane Austen), , Chapter 4,
* 1908 , (Lucy Maud Montgomery), , Chapter XIII: The Delights of Anticipation,
(colloquial) Negative particle (used to negate verbs in the simple past tense; also used absolutely ).
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 an adverb never
is at no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.never
English
(wikipedia never)Adverb
(-)- Why should I love this Gentleman? Tis odds / He never will affect me;
- "I never thought you were so fond of Mr. Phillips that you'd require two handkerchiefs to dry your tears just because he was going away," said Marilla.
- Never speak of the symptoms of your patient in his presence, unless questioned by the doctor, whose orders you are always to obey implicitly .
- There is no jewel, be it of never so rich a price, which I set before this jewel: I mean your love.
- "He is just what a young man ought to be," said she, "sensible, good-humoured, lively; and I never saw such happy manners!--so much ease, with such perfect good breeding!"
- I never saw such an infatuated man.
Antonyms
* alwaysDerived terms
* better late than never * I have never * never again * never-ending * never ever * never in a month of Sundays * never mind * nevermore * neverness * never say never * nevertheless * now or never * on the never never * you never knowStatistics
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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.}}