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  • 41under */*/*/ — UK [ˈʌndə(r)] / US [ˈʌndər] adverb, preposition Summary: Under can be used in the following ways: as a preposition (followed by a noun or number): There are piles of books under my desk. ♦ The total cost of the project is just under £2.2 million …

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  • 42under*/*/*/ — [ˈʌndə] adv, preposition 1) below or covered by sth in or to a position directly below or covered by something What are you kids doing under the table?[/ex] We drove under the bridge and came out into the High Street.[/ex] I found the letter… …

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  • 43False Decretals — • A name given to certain apocryphal papal letters contained in a collection of canon laws composed about the middle of the ninth century by an author who uses the pseudonym of Isidore Mercator, in the opening preface to the collection Catholic… …

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  • 44False advertising — or deceptive advertising is the use of false or misleading statements in advertising. As advertising has the potential to persuade people into commercial transactions that they might otherwise avoid, many governments around the world use… …

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  • 45False flag — operations are covert operations conducted by governments, corporations, or other organizations, which are designed to appear as though they are being carried out by other entities. The name is derived from the military concept of flying false… …

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  • 46false — W3S3 [fo:ls US fo:ls] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(untrue)¦ 2¦(wrong)¦ 3¦(not real)¦ 4¦(not sincere)¦ 5 false economy 6 under false pretences 7 false move/step 8 false imprisonment/arrest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 900 1000; : Latin; …

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  • 47false — [fɔːls ǁ fɒːls] adjective 1. not true or real, but intended to look real in order to deceive people: • false and misleading advertisements • Firms issuing false certificates might be subject to lawsuits. 2. a false economy something that you… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 48False light — is a legal term that refers to a tort concerning privacy that is similar to the tort of defamation. The privacy laws in the United States include a non public person s right to privacy from publicity which puts them in a false light to the… …

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  • 49False Dmitry II — ( ru. Лжедимитрий II, other transliterations: Dmitriy, Dmitri, Dmitrii ), also called the rebel of Tushino , was the second of three pretenders to the Russian throne who claimed to be tsarevich Dmitry, the youngest son of Ivan the Terrible. The… …

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  • 50false — [ fɔls ] adjective ** 1. ) not true: The report was dismissed as totally false. a false statement/claim/accusation ─ opposite TRUE 2. ) made to look like something real: ARTIFICIAL: false eyelashes a ) not real and intended to trick people: a… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English