falsify
gb/fˈɔlsəfˌaɪ/ us/fˈɔlsəfˌaɪ/
C1
אנגלית
meghamisít, megcáfol
פועל
C1
FORMAL
1
meghamisít
B2
תבנית שימוש:
falsify [documents/records/data/evidence/results]
The manager was fired for falsifying expense reports.
A menedzsert azért rúgták ki, mert meghamisította a költségelszámolásokat.
Investigators found that the lab had falsified some of its test results.
A nyomozók megállapították, hogy a labor meghamisította néhány vizsgálati eredményét.
He was accused of falsifying documents to obtain a loan.
דוגמאות ללומדים
She falsified the form to hide her real age.
Meghamisította az űrlapot, hogy eltitkolja a valódi korát.
The company falsified its records.
A vállalat meghamisította a nyilvántartásait.
טעות נפוצה:
Do not use falsify simply to mean “lie.” It usually takes an object, such as records, data, evidence, or documents.
משמעות
make information deliberately false
צירופים
falsify records
|falsify documents
|falsify data
|falsify evidence
|falsify results
|falsify accounts
|falsify reports
|falsify information
|falsify figures
|falsify a signature
מילים נרדפות
forge (usually refers to making or copying a document, signature, or object illegally)
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fabricate (emphasizes inventing something false rather than altering something real)
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manipulate (emphasizes unfairly changing data or facts to get a desired result)
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doctor (informal; means to alter something dishonestly, especially records or images)
הפכים
verify (means to check or show that information is true or accurate)
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authenticate (means to prove that a document, signature, or object is genuine)
נושאים
documents
|crime
|business
|research
|information
הגדרה
to make information or documents false, usually to trick people
To change, invent, or present information, records, evidence, or results so that they are false, usually in order to deceive people.
פועל
C1
TECHNICAL
2
megcáfol
C1
תבנית שימוש:
falsify [a theory/claim/hypothesis/assumption]
A single reliable counterexample can falsify the claim.
Egyetlen megbízható ellenpélda is megcáfolhatja az állítást.
The experiment was designed to falsify the hypothesis, not merely to support it.
A kísérletet úgy tervezték, hogy megcáfolja a hipotézist, ne pusztán alátámassza.
So far, no evidence has falsified the basic theory.
דוגמאות ללומדים
The test did not falsify the theory.
A teszt nem cáfolta meg az elméletet.
New facts may falsify an old idea.
Új tények megcáfolhatnak egy régi elképzelést.
טעות נפוצה:
This meaning is often used in scientific or logical contexts. In everyday speech, prove wrong or disprove is more common.
משמעות
prove something is false
צירופים
falsify a theory
|falsify a hypothesis
|falsify a claim
|falsify an assumption
|falsify a prediction
|falsify a model
|falsify a belief
|attempt to falsify
|be difficult to falsify
מילים נרדפות
disprove (more common in everyday English; means to prove that something is not true)
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refute (more formal; often used for rejecting an argument with evidence)
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debunk (often used when exposing a widely believed idea as false)
הפכים
confirm (means to support or show that something is true)
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verify (means to prove or check that something is true or accurate)
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validate (means to support the correctness or usefulness of a theory, method, or result)
נושאים
science
|logic
|research
|evidence
הגדרה
to prove that an idea or statement is not true
To show that a claim, theory, belief, or hypothesis is false, especially by evidence or testing.
דקדוק
צורת המילון
falsify
IPA
GB/fˈɔlsəfˌaɪ/
US/fˈɔlsəfˌaɪ/
הברות והטעמה
falsi - fy (2 הברות)
Stress on 1st syllable (falsi)
צורות המילה
Verb
- Base: falsify
- 3rd Person Singular: falsifies
- Present Participle: falsifying
- Past: falsified
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