English Explanatory Dictionary

cheating

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of cheat
noun
  1. An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.
  2. The arrangement of people or items in a film so as to give the (false) impression that shots are taken from different angles in the same location.
adj
  1. Unsporting or underhand.
  2. Unfaithful or adulterous.

Pronunciation

/ˈt͡ʃiːtɪŋ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cheating.wav

Word forms

cheating cheatings more cheating most cheating

Related words

Cheating in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Derived words

anticheating contract cheating cybercheating cheatingly noncheating uncheating
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