lie detector

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A device designed to detect or indicate when a person is lying by measuring and recording several physiological variables.

Equivalents

Françaisdétecteur de mensonges

DeutschLügendetektor

Portuguêsdetector de mentiras polígrafo

13 more languages

Bosanskiполиграф

Suomivalheenpaljastin

Hrvatskiполиграф

Magyarhazugságvizsgáló

Íslenskalygamælir

日本語嘘発見器

한국어거짓말 탐지기

Nederlandsleugendetector

Polskiwariograf wykrywacz kłamstw

Русскийдете́ктор лжи полиграф

Српскиполиграф

Svenskalögndetektor

Türkçeyalan makinesi

Examples

“It is a lie ⟳ detector; with its aid one can plumb the bottomless pits of a chap's subconscious mind ⟳, and fathom all the mysteries of his subliminal ego.”

CEFR level

B2

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

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See also

Lie group Lie groupoid lie low lie of the land lie through one's teeth lie with

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