释义 |
falsifyfalsify /ˈfɔlsəˌfaɪ/ verb (falsified, falsifying) [transitive] VERB TABLEfalsify |
Present | I, you, we, they | falsify | | he, she, it | falsifies | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | falsified | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have falsified | | he, she, it | has falsified | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had falsified | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will falsify | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have falsified |
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Present | I | am falsifying | | he, she, it | is falsifying | | you, we, they | are falsifying | Past | I, he, she, it | was falsifying | | you, we, they | were falsifying | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been falsifying | | he, she, it | has been falsifying | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been falsifying | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be falsifying | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been falsifying |
THESAURUS to deliberately tell someone something that is not true► lie to deliberately tell someone something that is not true: I could tell that Tom was lying. Don’t listen to him. He’s lying through his teeth (=deliberately saying something that is completely untrue). ► tell (somebody) a lie to lie: Are you accusing me of telling lies? Of course it’s true. I wouldn’t tell you a lie. ► make something up to think of and tell someone a story that is not true, especially in order to get what you want: Do you think that man made up the story about car trouble to get money from us? ► invent invent means the same as make something up but sounds more formal: She invented the story about her mother being sick so that we would feel sorry for her. ► mislead to make someone believe something that is not true, by giving him or her information that is not complete or not completely true: Politicians have misled the public about the dangers of these chemicals. ► deceive to make someone believe something that is not true: She still found it hard to believe that he had deceived and betrayed her. ► falsify formal to dishonestly change official documents or records so that they contain false information: She was found guilty of falsifying the company’s financial accounts. ► perjure yourself/commit perjury formal to tell a lie in a court of law when you have promised to tell the truth: Company executives may have perjured themselves in sworn testimony to Congress. to change figures, records, etc. so that they contain false information: Mitchell joined the navy at 16 by falsifying his birth certificate.► see thesaurus at lie2—falsification /ˌfɔlsəfəˈkeɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable] |