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The correct spelling is fake.
How to pronounce fake
/feɪk/
nounIPA: /feɪk/
Say it like: Fak-e
The correct spelling is fake. Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently. For example: "to fake a marriage"
Usage Examples
“to fake a marriage”
“Which fur coat looks fake?”
Meanings
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.
- 4.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 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.
- 5.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.
adjective
- 1.Not real; false, fraudulent.
- 2.(of people) Insincere.
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