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cheat
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- pronunciation:
- chit
- features:
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
cheats, cheating, cheated |
| definition 1: |
When you cheat someone, you act in a way that is not honest in order to get something from that person.
That man at the fair cheated me. He told me the price for the hot dog was five dollars when it was really only three. Then he kept my five dollars!- similar words:
- deceive, sting, trick
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| definition 2: |
When you cheat, you do something that is not honest. When you cheat in a game, you break the rules because you want to win.
I don't like to play cards with my little brother because he cheats. He always tries to look at my cards, and sometimes he hides cards that he doesn't want. |
| related words: |
fool |
| derivations: |
cheatingly (adv.), cheater (n.) |
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