cheating
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
cheating
- present participle and gerund of cheat
Noun[edit]
cheating (countable and uncountable, plural cheatings)
- An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.
- 1828, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Disowned:
- the cheatings and impositions of your pitiful trade
- (cinematography) 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.
- 1965, Joseph V. Mascelli, The Five C’s of Cinematography:
- Cheating is the sixth C of Cinematography ... it is the art of arranging people, objects or actions, during filming or editing
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
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Adjective[edit]
cheating (comparative more cheating, superlative most cheating)
- Unsporting or underhand.
- Unfaithful or adulterous.
Translations[edit]
unsporting & underhand
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adulterous
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