Overpass vs False - What's the difference?
overpass | false |
A section of a road or path that es over an obstacle, especially another road, railway, etc.
To pass above something, as when flying or moving on a higher road.
To exceed, overstep, or transcend a limit, threshold, or goal.
To disregard, skip, or miss something.
* Milton
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 overpass
is a section of a road or path that es over an obstacle, especially another road, railway, etc.As a verb overpass
is to pass above something, as when flying or moving on a higher road.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.overpass
English
Noun
(es)- The homeless man had built a little shelter, complete with cook-stove, beneath a concrete overpass .
Synonyms
flyover (UK)Antonyms
underpass (US&UK) subway (UK)See also
* underpass * overbridgeVerb
(es)- Gillian watched the overpassing shoppers on the second floor of the mall, as she relaxed in the bench on the ground floor.
- (Robert Browning)
- Marshall was really overpassing his authority when he ordered the security guards to fire their tasers at the trespassers.
- The precocious student had really overpassed her peers, and was reading books written for children several years older.
- "Don't overpass those cheeses; they're really quite excellent!" gushed Terry, pointing to the buffet table.
- All the beauties of the East / He slightly viewed and slightly overpassed .
Anagrams
*false
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Adjective
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