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be·lie
(bĭ-lī′)tr.v.be·lied,be·ly·ing,be·lies
1. To give a false representation to; misrepresent:"He spoke roughly in order to belie his air of gentility"(James Joyce).
2. To show to be false; contradict:Their laughter belied their outward grief.
[Middle Englishbilien, from Old Englishbelēogan,to deceive with lies; seeleugh- inIndo-European roots.]
be·li′er n.
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belie
(bɪˈlaɪ)vb (tr) ,-lies,-lyingor-lied
1.to show to be untrue; contradict
2.to misrepresent; disguise the nature of:the report belied the real extent of the damage.
3.to fail to justify; disappoint
[Old Englishbelēogan; related to Old Frisianbiliuga, Old High Germanbiliugan; see be-, lie1]
beˈliern
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be•lie
(bɪˈlaɪ)v.t.-lied, -ly•ing.
1. to show to be false; contradict: His trembling hands belied his calm voice.
2. to give a false impression of; misrepresent.
3. to be false to or disappoint: to belie one's faith.
be•li′er,n.
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belie
Past participle:belied
Gerund:belying
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belie |
belie |
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I belie |
you belie |
he/she/it belies |
we belie |
you belie |
they belie |
Preterite |
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I belied |
you belied |
he/she/it belied |
we belied |
you belied |
they belied |
Present Continuous |
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I am belying |
you are belying |
he/she/it is belying |
we are belying |
you are belying |
they are belying |
Present Perfect |
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I have belied |
you have belied |
he/she/it has belied |
we have belied |
you have belied |
they have belied |
Past Continuous |
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I was belying |
you were belying |
he/she/it was belying |
we were belying |
you were belying |
they were belying |
Past Perfect |
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I had belied |
you had belied |
he/she/it had belied |
we had belied |
you had belied |
they had belied |
Future |
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I will belie |
you will belie |
he/she/it will belie |
we will belie |
you will belie |
they will belie |
Future Perfect |
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I will have belied |
you will have belied |
he/she/it will have belied |
we will have belied |
you will have belied |
they will have belied |
Future Continuous |
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I will be belying |
you will be belying |
he/she/it will be belying |
we will be belying |
you will be belying |
they will be belying |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been belying |
you have been belying |
he/she/it has been belying |
we have been belying |
you have been belying |
they have been belying |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been belying |
you will have been belying |
he/she/it will have been belying |
we will have been belying |
you will have been belying |
they will have been belying |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been belying |
you had been belying |
he/she/it had been belying |
we had been belying |
you had been belying |
they had been belying |
Conditional |
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I would belie |
you would belie |
he/she/it would belie |
we would belie |
you would belie |
they would belie |
Past Conditional |
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I would have belied |
you would have belied |
he/she/it would have belied |
we would have belied |
you would have belied |
they would have belied |
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Verb | 1. | belie - be in contradiction with |
2. | ![]() sentimentalize,sentimentalise - look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment; "Don't sentimentalize the past events" dissemble,feign,pretend,sham,affect - make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" represent - serve as a means of expressing something; "The flower represents a young girl" |
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belie
verb
1.misrepresent,disguise,conceal,distort,misinterpret,falsify,gloss over,airbrushHer looks belie her 50 years.
2.disprove,deny,expose,discredit,contradict,refute,repudiate,negate,invalidate,rebut,give the lie to,make a nonsense of,gainsay(archaic or literary),prove false,blow out of the water(slang),controvert,confuteThe facts of the situation belie his testimony.
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belie
verb1.To give an inaccurate view of by representing falsely or misleadingly:
Idiom:give a false coloring to.
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Translations
يعطي فكرة يُعْطي فِكْرَةُ خاطِئَةً عن
být v rozporuklamatpopírat
skjuletilsløre
meghazudtol
gefa ranga hugmynd
neparodytislėpti
radīt nepatiesu priekšstaturunāt pretī
yalancı çıkarmakyanlış izlenim bırakmak
belie
[bɪˈlaɪ]VT (=fail to justify) [+hopes etc] →defraudar; (=prove false) [+words] →contradecir,desmentirCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
belie
vt
(= prove false)words, proverb →Lügenstrafen,widerlegen
(= give false impression of) →hinwegtäuschen über(+acc)
(= fail to justify)hopes →enttäuschen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
belie
(biˈlai) –present participlebeˈlying:past participlebeˈlied – verb to give a false idea or impression of (something).His innocent face belies his cunning. loënstraf, weerspreek يعطي فكرة يُعْطي فِكْرَةُ خاطِئَةً عن давам невярна представа за desmentir popírat, klamat, být v rozporuwidersprechen tilsløre; skjuleκρύβω,διαψεύδωesconder;desmentir peitma برعکس چیزی را نشان دادن؛ پوشانیدن antaa väärä kuvadémentir לְהַסווֹת झूठा करना obmanuti meghazudtol mengecoh, mengingkari gefa ranga hugmyndsmentire 偽りを示す ...을 거짓[잘못] 전하다 slėpti (tikrą padėtį), neparodyti radīt nepatiesu priekšstatu; runāt pretī tidak menampakkan een verkeerde voorstelling geven vanmotsi,stå i motsetning til zadawać kłam, maskować غلط ثابتول، خیانت کول desmentir a dezminţi давать неверное представление odporovať (čomu), byť v rozpore s postaviti na laž prikrivati motsäga, strida mot, bedra ทำให้เชื่อหรือเข้าใจผิด yanlış izlenim bırakmak, yalancı çıkarmak 掩飾 давати невірну уяву کے متعلق غلط خیال پیدا کرنا làm cho nhầm给人以...的假象
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