Cheating
/ˈt͡ʃiːtɪŋ/ adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity. countable, uncountable
"the cheatings and impositions of your pitiful trade"
- 2 a deception for profit to yourself wordnet
- 3 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. countable, uncountable
"Cheating is the sixth C of Cinematography ... it is the art of arranging people, objects or actions, during filming or editing"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of cheat form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 Unsporting or underhand.
- 2 Unfaithful or adulterous.
Adjective
- 1 violating accepted standards or rules wordnet
- 2 not faithful to a spouse or lover wordnet
Example
More examples"The people who come on the Maury Povich show often make pretentious claims about their lovers cheating on them."