문서나 기록 등을 속이기 위해 부정하게 고치거나 위조하다.
To alter or forge documents, records, or information fraudulently to deceive others.
예문:
"The accountant was arrested for trying to falsify the company's financial records."
"He was caught attempting to falsify his birth certificate to join the team."
"It is a serious crime to falsify evidence in a court of law."
증거나 논리를 통해 어떤 진술이나 이론이 틀렸음을 증명하다.
To prove a statement, hypothesis, or theory to be false or incorrect through evidence or logic.
예문:
"New astronomical data managed to falsify the long-held theory about the planet's core."
"A single counterexample is often enough to falsify a mathematical conjecture."
"Scientists work hard to find experiments that could potentially falsify their own models."
기대나 희망, 혹은 우려 등에 어긋나거나 그것을 저버리다.
To fail to fulfill or justify a hope, expectation, or fear.
예문:
"The team's poor performance served to falsify the high expectations of their fans."
"We hope that future events will falsify our worst fears about the economy."