fake
🇺🇸
/feɪk/
🇬🇧
/feɪk/
adjective
B2
not real; made to look real
She bought a fake watch that looked like the real one.
B2
made to look like something else
They used fake snow to decorate the Christmas tree.
noun
R
a copy made to look real
The painting was a fake, not the original.
R
a person who pretends to be someone else
He was a fake, pretending to be a doctor.
verb
R
to make something false look real
He tried to fake his signature on the document.
R
to pretend to feel or be something
She faked being sick to skip school.
translation
not real; made to look real; made to look like something else
a copy made to look real; a person who pretends to be someone else
to make something false look real; to pretend to feel or be something
Word Forms
3rd Present
fakes
Past
faked
Perfect
faked
Progressive
faking
Plural
fakes