Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A deceptive statement, especially one that is only partly true, is incomplete, misrepresents reality by telling part of the truth, or alters the time sequence of truths.
Related words
- Other spellings
- half truth
Forms
- Plural
- half-truths → lies…
Example sentences
- lie Such an honest man as John cannot have told a lie.
By length
- 3 letters
- lie1