Fake
adjective
Not real or genuine.
He was wearing a fake diamond ring.
Often appears as...
- fake identity
- fake passport
noun
A thing that is not genuine, a forgery or sham.
The money turned out to be a fake.
Often appears as...
- a total fake
- a complete fake
verb
To make an imitation or copy of something to deceive.
She faked her mom's signature on the permission slip.
Often appears as...
- fake a signature
- fake a smile
verb
Pretend to feel or suffer from an emotion or illness.
He was accused of faking an injury to avoid work.
Often appears as...
- fake an orgasm
- fake a seizure
adjective
Not representing one's true nature or beliefs.
Her cheerfulness was clearly fake.
Often appears as...
- fake smile
- fake cheerfulness
adjective
Not real or genuine.
He was wearing a fake diamond ring.
Often appears as...
- fake identity
- fake passport
noun
A thing that is not genuine, a forgery or sham.
The money turned out to be a fake.
Often appears as...
- a total fake
- a complete fake
verb
To make an imitation or copy of something to deceive.
She faked her mom's signature on the permission slip.
Often appears as...
- fake a signature
- fake a smile
verb
Pretend to feel or suffer from an emotion or illness.
He was accused of faking an injury to avoid work.
Often appears as...
- fake an orgasm
- fake a seizure
adjective
Not representing one's true nature or beliefs.
Her cheerfulness was clearly fake.
Often appears as...
- fake smile
- fake cheerfulness
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Mimicking Reality
Fake items may look real but lack the quality, value, or functionality of the original.
The fake Rolex stopped working in a week.
Pro Tip 2/2Deceptive Intent
The term 'fake' often implies someone intended to deceive or trick others.
She felt betrayed after discovering his fake identity.
Compare with
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Also, you start to get these sort of contractions and weird whistling sounds, all of which mean that real laughter is extremely easy, or feels extremely easy to spot. In contrast, posed laughter, we might think it sounds a bit fake. Actually, it's not, it's actually an important social cue. We use it a lot, we're choosing to laugh in a lot of situations,
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Your body language may...
So I said, fake it till you make it. It's not me. I don't want to get there and then still feel like a fraud. I don't want to feel like an impostor. I don't want to get there only to feel like I'm not supposed to be here. And that really resonated with me, because I want to tell you a little story about being an impostor
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Strange answers to the...
It's on the cunning, manipulative. So, faking your brain going wrong is evidence that your brain has gone wrong. And I spoke to other experts, and they said the pinstripe suit -- classic psychopath -- speaks to items one and two on the glibness, superficial charm and grandiose sense of self-worth.
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But why blue? Maybe it's to let predators know that you're poisonous. Maybe it's to impress a mate. Maybe it's because blue pigment is so rare, and evolving a way to fake blue simply allows certain animals to stand out from the crowd. We don't yet know why blue is so rare.
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The power of the placebo...
But of course, we know the placebos exert their own influence, too. Thanks to the placebo effect, patients have experienced relief from a range of ailments, including heart problems, asthma, and severe pain, even though all they'd received was a fake drug or sham surgery.
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How to spot a...
forming a new compound that leaves a dark mark on the paper. However, in the absence of starch, there is no chemical reaction and the mark will look light yellow. So if the fake isn't printed on starchy paper, iodine solutions can't help you.
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Forget Everything You...
fake fruit with nuts on top but there's another type of berry you guessed it the cucumber because it has plenty of seeds inside and that's the base line of botany and the evolutionary order of the plants in this series we'll delve deeper
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The weird, wonderful,...
tweeted I'd rather have a couple of real followers who love me than thousands of fake ones but her life ever really went back to normal she gained hundreds of followers and she actually uses the experience that she went through in
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Can you solve the...
Now, take two of the newly marked coins and weigh them against each other. If they balance, the third coin is fake. Otherwise, look at their marks. If they are plus coins, the heavier one is the imposter.
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Why we laugh PIPE Sophie...
Also, you start to get these sort of contractions and weird whistling sounds, all of which mean that real laughter is extremely easy, or feels extremely easy to spot. In contrast, posed laughter, we might think it sounds a bit fake. Actually, it's not, it's actually an important social cue. We use it a lot, we're choosing to laugh in a lot of situations,
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How to spot a liar PIPE...
Five-year-olds lie outright. They manipulate via flattery. Nine-year-olds, masters of the cover-up. By the time you enter college, you're going to lie to your mom in one out of every five interactions. By the time we enter this work world and we're breadwinners, we enter a world that is just cluttered with Spam, fake digital friends,
Video examples
Your body language may...
So I said, fake it till you make it. It's not me. I don't want to get there and then still feel like a fraud. I don't want to feel like an impostor. I don't want to get there only to feel like I'm not supposed to be here. And that really resonated with me, because I want to tell you a little story about being an impostor
Video examples
Strange answers to the...
It's on the cunning, manipulative. So, faking your brain going wrong is evidence that your brain has gone wrong. And I spoke to other experts, and they said the pinstripe suit -- classic psychopath -- speaks to items one and two on the glibness, superficial charm and grandiose sense of self-worth.
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Animals Cannot Be Blue PIPE...
But why blue? Maybe it's to let predators know that you're poisonous. Maybe it's to impress a mate. Maybe it's because blue pigment is so rare, and evolving a way to fake blue simply allows certain animals to stand out from the crowd. We don't yet know why blue is so rare.
Video examples
The power of the placebo...
But of course, we know the placebos exert their own influence, too. Thanks to the placebo effect, patients have experienced relief from a range of ailments, including heart problems, asthma, and severe pain, even though all they'd received was a fake drug or sham surgery.
Video examples
How to spot a...
forming a new compound that leaves a dark mark on the paper. However, in the absence of starch, there is no chemical reaction and the mark will look light yellow. So if the fake isn't printed on starchy paper, iodine solutions can't help you.
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Forget Everything You...
fake fruit with nuts on top but there's another type of berry you guessed it the cucumber because it has plenty of seeds inside and that's the base line of botany and the evolutionary order of the plants in this series we'll delve deeper
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The weird, wonderful,...
tweeted I'd rather have a couple of real followers who love me than thousands of fake ones but her life ever really went back to normal she gained hundreds of followers and she actually uses the experience that she went through in
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Can you solve the...
Now, take two of the newly marked coins and weigh them against each other. If they balance, the third coin is fake. Otherwise, look at their marks. If they are plus coins, the heavier one is the imposter.
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Nikki Tamboli
Bigg Boss' is a show where you cannot fake or act. And most of these television actors pretend to be the characters they play. I accept the audience doesnt know me, but they will, and I am sure they will fall in love with me too.
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Jamie Hewlett
English Artist
If you're going to pretend to be somebody you're not - which is the whole point of being a rock star - then why not just invent fake characters and have them do it all for you?
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Rivers Cuomo
American Musician
Most of the songs I write are just very directly from my life. I don't have a big imagination. Whenever I tried to write from fantasy, it comes out sounding really fake.
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Jenna Morasca
American Model
Name one experienced coach anywhere in the world that would hand over their playbook to the other team. Unless it's a fake playbook, it just doesn't happen.
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Joseph Brodsky
American Poet
After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake one of them, it had better be life.
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Cara Delevingne
English Model
The thrill of acting is making a character real. Modeling is the opposite of real. It's being fake in front of the camera.
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JoJo Siwa
American Dancer
A lot of people think, like, 'JoJo' is fake or 'JoJo' is a character. But, like, it's not.
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Usher
American Musician
You can't fake being a star. But you can also become a great personality.
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Rich Lowry
American Editor
It is Hillary's lot in life not to be able to fake it well.
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Elden Henson
American Actor
I'm great at fake typing but in real life terrible.
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Nikki Tamboli
Bigg Boss' is a show where you cannot fake or act. And most of these television actors pretend to be the characters they play. I accept the audience doesnt know me, but they will, and I am sure they will fall in love with me too.
Quote examples
Jamie Hewlett
English Artist
If you're going to pretend to be somebody you're not - which is the whole point of being a rock star - then why not just invent fake characters and have them do it all for you?
Quote examples
Rivers Cuomo
American Musician
Most of the songs I write are just very directly from my life. I don't have a big imagination. Whenever I tried to write from fantasy, it comes out sounding really fake.
Quote examples
Jenna Morasca
American Model
Name one experienced coach anywhere in the world that would hand over their playbook to the other team. Unless it's a fake playbook, it just doesn't happen.
Quote examples
Joseph Brodsky
American Poet
After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake one of them, it had better be life.
Quote examples
Cara Delevingne
English Model
The thrill of acting is making a character real. Modeling is the opposite of real. It's being fake in front of the camera.
Quote examples
JoJo Siwa
American Dancer
A lot of people think, like, 'JoJo' is fake or 'JoJo' is a character. But, like, it's not.
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Usher
American Musician
You can't fake being a star. But you can also become a great personality.
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Rich Lowry
American Editor
It is Hillary's lot in life not to be able to fake it well.
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Elden Henson
American Actor
I'm great at fake typing but in real life terrible.
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