falsify
gb/fˈɔlsəfˌaɪ/ us/fˈɔlsəfˌaɪ/
C1
Inglês
meghamisít, megcáfol
VERBO
C1
FORMAL
1
meghamisít
B2
Padrão de uso:
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.
Exemplos para aprendentes
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.
Erro comum:
Do not use falsify simply to mean “lie.” It usually takes an object, such as records, data, evidence, or documents.
Significado
make information deliberately false
Colocações
falsify records
|falsify documents
|falsify data
|falsify evidence
|falsify results
|falsify accounts
|falsify reports
|falsify information
|falsify figures
|falsify a signature
Sinónimos
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)
Antónimos
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)
Temas
documents
|crime
|business
|research
|information
Definição
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.
VERBO
C1
TECHNICAL
2
megcáfol
C1
Padrão de uso:
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.
Exemplos para aprendentes
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.
Erro comum:
This meaning is often used in scientific or logical contexts. In everyday speech, prove wrong or disprove is more common.
Significado
prove something is false
Colocações
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
Sinónimos
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)
Antónimos
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)
Temas
science
|logic
|research
|evidence
Definição
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.
Gramática
Forma de dicionário
falsify
IPA
GB/fˈɔlsəfˌaɪ/
US/fˈɔlsəfˌaɪ/
Sílabas e acento
falsi - fy (2 sílabas)
Stress on 1st syllable (falsi)
Formas da palavra
Verb
- Base: falsify
- 3rd Person Singular: falsifies
- Present Participle: falsifying
- Past: falsified
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