k.dili. yalan söylemek

Turkish - English

Definition of k.dili. yalan söylemek in Turkish English dictionary

{f} prevaricate

To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution

To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from)

To behave in an evasive way such as to delay action; to procrastinate

At the moment of her departure he could prevaricate no longer, and, confessing to the gambling, told her the truth as far as he knew it--that the guineas had been won by Wildeve.

To shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour; to evade the truth; to waffle or be (intentionally) ambiguous

The people saw the politician prevaricate every day.

{v} to cavil, shuffle, quibble, waver

to use ambiguous or evasive language for the purpose of deceiving or diverting attention

be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

To shift or turn from the direct course, or from truth; to evade the truth; to waffle or be (intentionally) ambiguous

If you prevaricate, you avoid giving a direct answer or making a firm decision. British ministers continued to prevaricate. + prevarication prevarications pre·vari·ca·tion After months of prevarication, the political decision had at last been made. to try to hide the truth by not answering questions directly (past participle of praevaricari , from varicari )

To evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert

{f} lie, make false statements; speak half-truth, embellish the truth; deceive, intentionally mislead

To speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble

To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it

To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement

Hyphenation

k.di·li. ya·lan söy·le·mek