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faking

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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • /feɪk/
    • /feɪk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /feɪk/

Definition of faking word

  • noun faking Present participle of fake. 1

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Parts of speech for Faking

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

faking popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

faking usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for faking

noun faking

  • dissimulation — the act of dissimulating; feigning; hypocrisy.
  • fakery — the practice or result of faking.
  • imposture — the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
  • falsification — to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
  • disguise — to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb: The king was disguised as a peasant.

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