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sitcom | false |

As a noun sitcom

is a situation comedy: an episodic comedy television program with a plot or storyline based around a particular humorous situation or sitcom can be .

As an adjective false is

(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.

sitcom

English

Etymology 1

From ; situation comedy.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A situation comedy: an episodic comedy television program with a plot or storyline based around a particular humorous situation.

    • Etymology 2

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1992 , author=Earl G. Hunt, Jr. , title=Recovering the Sacred: Papers From the Sanctuary and the Academy , isbn=0963130803 , publisher=Jonathan Creek Press , page=254 , passage="Today we have Grumps'' (grim, ruthless, upwardly mobile professionals), ''Dinks'' (those with dual-income, no kids), ''Sitcoms'' (those with single-income, two children, outrageous mortgages); and, just to recognize the graying populace in this country, ''Opals (older people with active lifestyles)."}}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1993 , author=Daniel Moreau , title=Kiplinger's Facing Forty: How to Deal Successfully with the Changes in Your Life , isbn=0938721240 , publisher=Kiplinger Books , page=7 , passage="There are MINKs (multiple income, no kids) and what may be the acronym of the '90s, SITCOMs (single income, two children, outrageous mortgage)."}}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=2003 , author=Judith Sealander , title=The Failed Century of the Child: Governing America's Young in the Twentieth Century , isbn=0521535689 , publisher=Cambridge University Press , page=12 , passage="By the end of the 1990s, in some circles, parents had become SITCOMS (single income, two children, oppressive mortgage) and those without children were THINKERS (two healthy incomes, no kids, early retirement)."}} ----

    false

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1551, year_published=1888
    • , title= 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.}}
  • Based on factually incorrect premises: false legislation
  • 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.
  • :
  • *(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.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of two options on a true-or-false test.

    • Synonyms

    * * See also

    Antonyms

    * (untrue) real, true

    Derived terms

    * false attack * false dawn * false friend * falsehood * falseness * falsify * falsity

    Related terms

    * falsifiable

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Not truly; not honestly; falsely.
  • * Shakespeare
    • You play me false .

    Anagrams

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