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Wiktionary simplewiktionary https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/Main_Page MediaWiki 1.47.0-wmf.13 case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk TimedText TimedText talk Module Module talk Event Event talk lie 0 2679 561933 560834 2026-07-30T20:57:52Z ~2026-42290-16 55094 561933 wikitext text/x-wiki {{BNC1000HW}} === Pronunciation === * {{IPA|/laɪ/}} * {{SAMPA|/laI/}} * {{audio|en-us-lie.ogg|US}} == Verb 1 == {{verb2|lie|lies|lay|lain|lying}} # {{intransitive}} If you '''lie''' down, your head and whole body are at the same level. You '''lie''' down when you want to rest or sleep. {{ant|stand|sit}} #: ''She '''lay''' on the bed and went to sleep.'' # If something '''lies''' somewhere, it is there and it is not moving. {{syn|rest|sit}} #: ''His dirty shirt was '''lying''' on the floor and old socks were everywhere.'' === Usage === This word should not be confused with "[[lay]]", a different verb. Unlike "lie", which is intransitive, the separate verb "lay" is transitive. Care should especially be taken to not confuse "lay" (verb that is different from "lie") with "lay" (the past tense of "lie"). === Related words === * [[liar]] == Verb 2 == {{verb|lie|lies|lied|lying}} # {{intransitive}} If you '''lie''', you say or write something that you know is not true. {{syn|fib}} {{ant|tell the truth}} #: ''"How old are you?" he asked. "Twenty-one," she '''lied'''. She was actually eighteen years old.'' Examples given in the old Webster dictionary says, why do you lie to me vs why do you just lie there. In past tense the word "lier" perceived in the new dictionary does not exist. It has been deleted from context to be depicted as "liar" when in fact they are two different existing words that have two different meanings all together. In example, to be a "lier" is to be a noun in context and to be a "liar" would be as a verb form. One depicts a person or being while the other depicts an action. == Noun == {{noun}} # Something not true, a [[falsehood]], an [[untruth]]. {{syn|falsehood|fib|untruth}} {{ant|truth}} #: ''Simple English is a real language.'' === Related words === * [[white lie]] * [[bald-faced lie]] 930tvuoiy7bk1nbgahy2pzhgfhwgstp 561934 561933 2026-07-30T22:32:35Z MathXplore 31658 Reverted edit by [[Special:Contributions/~2026-42290-16|~2026-42290-16]] ([[User talk:~2026-42290-16|talk]]) to last revision by [[User:Intolerable situation|Intolerable situation]] 560834 wikitext text/x-wiki {{BNC1000HW}} === Pronunciation === * {{IPA|/laɪ/}} * {{SAMPA|/laI/}} * {{audio|en-us-lie.ogg|US}} == Verb 1 == {{verb2|lie|lies|lay|lain|lying}} # {{intransitive}} If you '''lie''' down, your head and whole body are at the same level. You '''lie''' down when you want to rest or sleep. {{ant|stand|sit}} #: ''She '''lay''' on the bed and went to sleep.'' # If something '''lies''' somewhere, it is there and it is not moving. {{syn|rest|sit}} #: ''His dirty shirt was '''lying''' on the floor and old socks were everywhere.'' === Usage === This word should not be confused with "[[lay]]", a different verb. Unlike "lie", which is intransitive, the separate verb "lay" is transitive. Care should especially be taken to not confuse "lay" (verb that is different from "lie") with "lay" (the past tense of "lie"). === Related words === * [[liar]] == Verb 2 == {{verb|lie|lies|lied|lying}} # {{intransitive}} If you '''lie''', you say or write something that you know is not true. {{syn|fib}} {{ant|tell the truth}} #: ''"How old are you?" he asked. "Twenty-one," she '''lied'''. She was actually eighteen years old.'' Examples given in the old Webster dictionary says, why do you lie to me vs why do you just lie there. In past tense the word "lier" perceived in the new dictionary does not exist. It has been deleted from context to be depicted as "liar" when in fact they are two different existing words that have two different meanings all together. In example, to be a "lier" is to be a noun in context and to be a "liar" would be as a verb form. One depicts a person or being while the other depicts an action. == Noun == {{noun}} # Something not true, a [[falsehood]], an [[untruth]]. {{syn|falsehood|fib|untruth}} {{ant|truth}} #: ''I told a '''lie'''.'' === Related words === * [[white lie]] * [[bald-faced lie]] ors7l1c5gagm82pfl50emxo8cd03u9j contrast 0 3026 561930 501121 2026-07-30T17:13:26Z Wmbata 54865 /* Verb */ 561930 wikitext text/x-wiki {{AWL}} === Pronunciation === ; noun * {{UK}} {{IPA|/ˈkɒntrɑːst/}} * {{US}} {{enPR|kŏn'trăst}}, {{IPA|/ˈkɑnt(ʃ)ræst/}} * {{audio|en-us-contrast.ogg|Audio (US)}} ; verb * {{UK}} {{IPA|/kənˈtrɑːst/}} * {{US}} {{enPR|kəntrăst'|kŏn'trăst}}, {{IPA|/kənˈt(ʃ)ræst/|/ˈkɑnt(ʃ)ræst/}} * {{audio|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-contrast (verb).wav|Audio (UK)}} == Noun == {{noun}} {{AVL}} # {{cu noun}} '''Contrasts''' are the [[difference]]s you find when you [[compare]] something or someone. #: ''When comparing English and Japanese, there are many '''contrasts''' but also a large number of similarities.'' #: ''Married life is a sharp '''contrast''' to the life of a single person.'' === Related words === * [[in contrast]] == Verb == {{verb}} # {{transitive}} If you '''contrast''' two things, you look for or explain the [[difference]]s between them. #: ''It's difficult not to '''contrast''' the good things he says with the [[terrible]] way he acts.'' gy7wkw8q0pspyjp6y3hq2c8eh7igjvo too 0 5299 561929 561918 2026-07-30T13:32:30Z Brett 77 Reverted edit by [[Special:Contributions/~2026-42142-75|~2026-42142-75]] ([[User talk:~2026-42142-75|talk]]) to last revision by [[User:Minorax|Minorax]] 529273 wikitext text/x-wiki {{BNC1HW}} === Pronunciation === * {{UK}} {{IPA|/tuː/}}, {{SAMPA|/tu:/}} * {{US}} {{IPA|/tu/}}, {{SAMPA|/tu/}} * {{audio|en-us-too.ogg|US}} * {{hmp|to|two}} == Adverb == {{adverb}} # If you say I am '''too''' tall, I am taller than I should be. #: ''You can't come in. You are '''too''' dirty.'' # After someone says something, you can use '''too''' to say that something else is the same. {{syn|also|as well}} {{ant|either|neither|nor}} #: ''"It's nice to meet you." "It's nice to meet you, '''too'''."'' #: ''I speak Japanese and Korean '''too'''.'' #: ''I like it, and she likes it '''too'''.'' === Related words === * [[too bad]] 8vnm6w20cerdgexxquinsy4nncsldcm perjurer 0 76419 561931 2026-07-30T17:41:49Z ~2026-34597-22 54744 Created page with "== Noun == {{noun}} # {{countable}} A '''perjurer''' is someone who makes a very serious [[promise]] that somethimg is true, but he is actually [[lie|lying]]." 561931 wikitext text/x-wiki == Noun == {{noun}} # {{countable}} A '''perjurer''' is someone who makes a very serious [[promise]] that somethimg is true, but he is actually [[lie|lying]]. aqyostax89br5t2nd67sixal5h4arhd 561932 561931 2026-07-30T17:42:54Z ~2026-34597-22 54744 561932 wikitext text/x-wiki == Noun == {{noun}} # {{countable}} A '''perjurer''' is someone who makes a very serious [[promise]] that something is true, but he is actually [[lie|lying]]. 0ruydvb7y27aev9b68vqwmpvd3551r0 User talk:~2026-42290-16 3 76420 561935 2026-07-30T22:32:54Z MathXplore 31658 vandalism1 ([[m:User:ZbVl/VD|Vandoom]]) 561935 wikitext text/x-wiki == 2026-07-30 == [[File:Information.svg|25px]] Welcome to [[Wiktionary:About|Wiktionary]]. 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