half-truth

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolverdad a medias

Françaisdemi-vérité semi-vérité

DeutschHalbwahrheit

10 more languages

Češtinapolopravda

Esperantoduonveraĵo

Suomipuolitotuus

日本語あることないこと

Македонскиполувистина

Nederlandshalve waarheid

Polskipółprawda

Portuguêsmeia-verdade

Русскийполупра́вда

Svenskahalvsanning

Examples

“The Minister no doubt ⟳ would claim ⟳ that the public has already expressed its opinion by deserting the trains. As we have ⟳ said before, this is scarcely a half-truth. By and large, where there has been a decline ⟳ the public has deserted the out-dated trains; [...].”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

half-turn half-uncle half-unicorn half-up half-down half-value thickness half-virgin

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