Fake - English meaning

verb

Change in character or composition, typically in a comparatively small but significant way.

Usage examples:

Eliot was persuaded to alter the passage

verb

To change a characteristic, often slightly, or to cause this to happen

Usage examples:

[ t ] the coat was too long, so i took it back to the store to have it altered., some things in lif…

verb

To change the appearance, character, or structure of something, or to be changed in this way

Usage examples:

Just last week, the company agreed to alter some of its business practices., if they want to contin…

adjective

Not genuine or true (used in a disapproving manner when deception has been attempted).

Usage examples:

A bogus insurance claim

noun

A thing made to be similar or identical to another.

Usage examples:

The problem is telling which is the original document and which the copy

verb

Make a similar or identical version of; reproduce.

Usage examples:

Each form had to be copied and sent to a different department

verb

To produce something that is exactly like another thing, or to do something meant to be like someone or something else

Usage examples:

The design was copied from a 19th-century wallpaper., he copied the file onto a diskette., she writ…

adjective

Made in exact imitation of something valuable with the intention to deceive or defraud.

Usage examples:

Counterfeit £10 notes

noun

A fraudulent imitation of something else.

Usage examples:

He knew the tapes to be counterfeits

verb

Imitate fraudulently.

Usage examples:

My signature is extremely hard to counterfeit

noun

A person who is qualified to treat people who are ill.

Usage examples:

Doctor thornhill

verb

Change the content or appearance of (a document or picture) in order to deceive; falsify.

Usage examples:

The reports could have been doctored

noun

A person with a medical degree whose job is to treat people who are ill or injured

Usage examples:

This health plan lets you choose your own doctor., he claimed the photo had been doctored.

noun

A model or replica of a human being.

Usage examples:

A waxwork dummy

verb

(chiefly in rugby and soccer) feign a pass or kick in order to deceive an opponent.

Usage examples:

Blanco dummied past a static defence

verb

Deceive; trick.

Usage examples:

The newspaper was duped into publishing an untrue story

noun

A victim of deception.

Usage examples:

Men who were simply the dupes of their unscrupulous leaders

verb

Make a duplicate or copy of.

Usage examples:

How to dupe 35 mm slides on to 35 mm film

adjective

Not according with truth or fact; incorrect.

Usage examples:

He was feeding false information to his customers

adjective

(of things) not real, but made to look real, or (of information) not true but made to seem true in order to deceive

Usage examples:

Haban used false identification to enter france., the company presented clients with documents cont…

adjective

Not true or correct

Usage examples:

It is an offense to give false information on your application form., the wanted man is known to be…

verb

Alter (information, a document, or evidence) so as to mislead.

Usage examples:

A laboratory which was alleged to have falsified test results

verb

To change documents, figures, records, etc. in order to deceive someone

Usage examples:

She was charged with falsifying bank records., the certificate had clearly been falsified., five pe…

verb

Pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury).

Usage examples:

She feigned nervousness

verb

Make or shape (a metal object) by heating it in a fire or furnace and hammering it.

Usage examples:

He forged a great suit of black armour

noun

A blacksmith's workshop; a smithy.

Usage examples:

Culm was the material most widely used in the forges by blacksmiths and large quantities of the sub…

verb

Move forward gradually or steadily.

Usage examples:

He forged through the crowded streets

adjective

Copied fraudulently; fake.

Usage examples:

They have illegally entered the uk using forged travel documents

verb

Make or shape (a metal object) by heating it in a fire or furnace and hammering it.

Usage examples:

He forged a great suit of black armour

verb

Move forward gradually or steadily.

Usage examples:

He forged through the crowded streets

noun

The action of forging a copy or imitation of a document, signature, banknote, or work of art.

Usage examples:

He was found guilty of forgery

noun

An illegal copy of a document, painting, etc., or the crime of making such copies

Usage examples:

[ c ] these twenty-dollar bills are forgeries., [ u ] he was convicted of forgery.

noun

A copy of a document, signature, painting, etc. that has been made illegally in order to deceive someone

Usage examples:

As recommended, he called the bank to confirm that the bankers' draft was not a forgery., he is fac…

noun

Wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.

Usage examples:

He was convicted of fraud

noun

The crime of obtaining money or property by deceiving people

Usage examples:

Convicted of tax fraud, he was sentenced to two years in prison., he says he’s been everywhere and …

noun

The crime of getting money by tricking or deceiving people, or a crime of this type

Usage examples:

Serious/massive fraud we only investigate when there are sufficient grounds for believing serious f…

adjective

Obtained, done by, or involving deception, especially criminal deception.

Usage examples:

Fraudulent share dealing

adjective

Not what it claims or pretends to be

Usage examples:

Fraudulent advertising, there’s been a rise in fraudulent insurance claims.

adjective

Intended to deceive someone, for example, to get money

Usage examples:

They thought i might try to collect insurance on a fraudulent claim., for a charge of fraudulent tr…

noun

A humorous or malicious deception.

Usage examples:

The evidence had been planted as part of an elaborate hoax

verb

Trick or deceive (someone).

Usage examples:

I now have reason to believe that in unraveling a hoax i was hoaxed myself.

suffix

A connecting vowel chiefly forming words ending in -ana, -ferous, -fic, -form, -fy, -gerous, -vorous.

suffix

Forming the plural of nouns adopted from latin ending in -us.

Usage examples:

Foci

suffix

Forming adjectives from names of countries or regions in the near or middle east.

Usage examples:

Azerbaijani

noun

The action of using someone or something as a model.

Usage examples:

A child learns to speak by imitation

noun

Something copied, or the act of copying

Usage examples:

Freya does a pretty good imitation of her science teacher., [ c ] imitation leather

idiom

Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

phrasal verb

Stop work.

Usage examples:

They usually knock off at 5pm

phrasal verb

Produce a piece of work quickly and without much effort.

Usage examples:

I could knock the article off in half an hour

noun

The fact or quality of being alike; resemblance.

Usage examples:

Her likeness to him was astonishing

noun

A similarity

Usage examples:

Sandy bears a much stronger likeness to her mother than to her father.

noun

Someone or something very similar in physical appearance to someone or something else

Usage examples:

An elvis presley lookalike

noun

A model of something, which shows how it will look or operate when it is built, or which is used when the real thing is not yet available

Usage examples:

She showed us a mock-up of what the car will look like when it goes into production.

adjective

Not genuine; fraudulent.

Usage examples:

Phoney cruise-ship job offers

noun

A fraudulent person or thing.

Usage examples:

I'm a fake, a phony, a fraud, an impostor, and a charlatan of the worse degree.

noun

A person who attacks and robs ships at sea.

Usage examples:

In the three weeks leading up to the attack, sixteen container ships had been boarded by pirates

verb

Use or reproduce (another's work) for profit without permission, usually in contravention of patent or copyright.

Usage examples:

His latest album has been pirated and downloaded so many times since its release that he's lost $10…

verb

Someone who robs and plunders at sea

adjective

Not genuine; spurious or sham.

Usage examples:

We are talking about real journalists and not the pseudo kind

noun

A pretentious or insincere person.

Usage examples:

The arty chat of a campus pseudo

combining form

Supposed or purporting to be but not really so; false; not genuine.

Usage examples:

Pseudonym

verb

Make an exact copy of; reproduce.

Usage examples:

It might be impractical to replicate eastern culture in the west

adjective

Of the nature of a copy.

Usage examples:

A replicate earth

noun

A close or exact copy; a replica.

Usage examples:

Young reptiles should not be considered merely small replicates of adults

verb

Produce a copy of.

Usage examples:

His works are reproduced on postcards and posters

noun

The action or process of copying something.

Usage examples:

The cost of colour reproduction in publication is high

noun

The act or process of producing new life

noun

A copy of something, especially a work of art or a piece of furniture

Usage examples:

The museum sells cheap reproductions of some of its key artefacts., allow plenty of time for the ph…

collocation

Deprive somebody of something by deceit

phrasal verb

Cheat someone, especially financially.

Usage examples:

She thought he was ripping her off over her royalties

phrasal verb

Steal or plagiarize something.

Usage examples:

They have ripped off £6.7 billion

noun

A thing that is not what it is purported to be.

Usage examples:

Our current free health service is a sham

adjective

Bogus; false.

Usage examples:

A clergyman who arranged a sham marriage

verb

Short for pillow sham.

adjective

Not being what it purports to be; false or fake.

Usage examples:

Separating authentic and spurious claims

adjective

Having no real value or use.

Usage examples:

That promise is worthless

adjective

Having no value in money

Usage examples:

Now that the company has gone bankrupt, your contract is worthless., examples of this artist’s earl…

adjective

Having no value

Usage examples:

The stock is virtually worthless, trading at less than 6 cents a share., the security system he bou…