fake

/feɪk/
🔵 Intermediate

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Difficulty LevelIntermediate

Standard vocabulary

Word FrequencyVery Common

Used frequently in everyday conversation

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noun

1. Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.

2. A trick; a swindle.

3. A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent.

Synonyms

verb

1. To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.

2. To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is

3. To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.

4. To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.

"to fake a marriage"

Synonyms

adjective

1. Not real; false, fraudulent.

"Which fur coat looks fake?"

2. (of people) Insincere.

fake

/feɪk/
🔵 Intermediate

Word Statistics

Difficulty LevelIntermediate

Standard vocabulary

Word FrequencyVery Common

Used frequently in everyday conversation

Syllables1

Simple pronunciation

Analysis:

  • Common vocabulary word
  • Simple pronunciation

noun

1. One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

verb

1. To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form, to prevent twisting when running out.

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