cheat
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.
My brother flunked biology because he cheated on his mid-term.
- 2.
(intransitive)To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner; to commit adultery, or to engage in sexual or romantic conduct with a person other than one's partner in contravention of the rules of society or agreement in the relationship.
My husband cheated on me with his secretary.
After he found out his wife cheated, he left her.
Đồng nghĩa: step out on
- 3.
(transitive)To avoid a seemingly inevitable thing.
He cheated death when his car collided with a moving train.
I feel as if I've cheated fate.
- 4.
(transitive)To deceive; to fool; to trick.
My ex-wife cheated me out of $40,000.
He cheated his way into office.
Đồng nghĩa: rook, blench, lirt
- 5.
(informal, intransitive)To disregard self-imposed restrictions or commitments in favour of resting or indulging oneself.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable)An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception.
Đồng nghĩa: fraud, trick, imposition, imposture
- 2.
(countable)Someone who cheats.
Đồng nghĩa: cheater, bandit
- 3.
(uncountable)The weed cheatgrass.
- 4.
(uncountable)(card games, uncountable) A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.
Đồng nghĩa: bullshit, BS, I doubt it
- 5.
(countable)(video games, countable) A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a video game, often by entering a cheat code.
- 6.
(obsolete, uncountable)A sort of low-quality bread.
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Verb from Middle English achetan, variant of escheten, from Old French escheat, past participle of escheoir, escheoiter, from LL. *excadēre (fall away, fall out), from ex-- + cadō. Displaced native beswīcan.