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Meanings of lie in English

Russian
враньё
Portuguese
mentira
Catalan
mentida
Spanish
falsedad
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Intentionally false statement to a person or group made by another person or group who knows it is not wholly the truth.

        Related terms
        враньё
        Portuguese
        história
        Catalan
        història
        Spanish
        historia

        A false statement made with the intention to deceive.

              história
              Portuguese
              existir
              Spanish
              residir

              Originate (in)

                    existir
                    Portuguese
                    trygve lie
                    Catalan
                    trygve halvdan lie
                    Spanish
                    trygve halvdan lie

                    Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)

                          trygve lie
                          Usage of lie in English
                          1
                          The fitness and the beauty lie in the felicity of the language.
                          Reminiscences of Scottish Life & Character
                          2
                          The principal commercial forests lie in the South-Western districts of the Colony.
                          Spinifex and Sand / A Narrative of Five Years' Pioneering and Ex...
                          3
                          Clark said responsibility for the situation must lie with the RNZ board.
                          Radio NZ
                          4
                          It is false; it is a lie; it is all a lie.
                          The Goose Man
                          5
                          The rest of the hunters lie in wait in a secure place.
                          Another World: Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah
                          6
                          Tells about word-association tests; why courts don't admit lie-detectors in evidence, etc.
                          The new yorker
                          7
                          The early pioneers of the great Northwest civilization lie in neglected graves.
                          The Log School-House on the Columbia
                          8
                          Your obligation doesn't lie in the literary field; it is real-andpersonal.
                          The Price
                          9
                          The dead lie in heaps and layers in the invisible, pernicious poison.
                          Cæsar's Column: A Story of the Twentieth Century
                          10
                          The legs lie nearly one above the other; the feet partially crossed.
                          The American Goliah
                          11
                          In England the farm-house faces the road and the premises lie behind.
                          East of Paris: Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champa...
                          12
                          The danger will only lie in the last part of the journey.
                          With Buller in Natal, Or, a Born Leader
                          13
                          The people in those States lie at the mercy of the nation.
                          History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States
                          14
                          They lie in wait in the narrow passage between Samos and Ithaca.
                          Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca / Adapted from the Third Book of th...
                          15
                          The campaign lie is the greatest worker in the canvass for votes.
                          The Jericho Road
                          16
                          They do not lie and rot in the sun and the mists.
                          Feats on the Fiord / The third book in "The Playfellow"