cheating

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃiːtɪŋ/

VerbEdit

cheating

1. present participle of cheat

NounEdit

cheating (countable and uncountable, plural cheatings)

1. An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition.
   • Edward Bulwer Lytton

     the cheatings and impositions of your pitiful trade

2. (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.
   • 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

TranslationsEdit

act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition

• Dutch: valsspelen (nl) n
• Irish: cúigleáil f (at cards)

• Polish: oszustwo (pl) m, oszukiwanie (pl) n, (computer games) cheatowanie n, (computer games) czitowanie n
• Spanish: trampa (es) f

AdjectiveEdit

cheating (comparative more cheating, superlative most cheating)

1. Unsporting or underhand.
2. Unfaithful or adulterous.

See AlsoEdit

• Cheating in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

AnagramsEdit

• teaching