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Meanings of lie in английском

русский
враньё
португальский
mentira
каталонский
mentida
испанский
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.

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враньё
португальский
história
каталонский
història
испанский
historia

A false statement made with the intention to deceive.

história
Antonyms
Examples for "truth"
Examples for "truth"
1
Nevertheless, the trial brought the victims a long awaited moment of truth.
The Guardian
2
Open Source Everything makes truth rather than violence the currency of power.
The Guardian
3
It constantly makes you question the truth and the nature of reality.
The Guardian
4
I'm offering something completely different: the truth in politics, for a change.
The Irish Times
5
Scholars throughout history faced this dilemma: do they serve power or truth?
The Guardian
португальский
existir
испанский
residir

Originate (in)

existir
португальский
trygve lie
каталонский
trygve halvdan lie
испанский
trygve halvdan lie

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

trygve lie
Usage of lie in английском
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"
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Translations for lie
Lie through the time
Lie across language varieties
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