cheat

CEFRB1

/ˈt͡ʃiːt/

verb · noun

Türkçe translations

Translating…

In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To act dishonestly to gain an unfair advantage.

  2. 02

    noun

    A person who acts dishonestly to gain an advantage.

Examples

  • It is wrong to cheat at cards.

  • She is accused of attempting to cheat the taxman.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To avoid a seemingly inevitable thing.

  2. 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.

  3. To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.

More examples

In context

  • You ought to be ashamed to cheat on exams.

  • After he found out his wife cheated, he left her.

  • My brother flunked biology because he cheated on his mid-term.

Synonyms

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

If you look at your neighbor's answers during the test, you are trying to blank.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

Nearby

Origin

verb

Verb from Middle English achetan, variant of escheten, from Old French escheat, past participle of escheoir, escheoiter, from Late Latin *excadēre (“fall away, fall out”), from (Latin) ex- + cadere (“fall”). Displaced native Old English beswīcan. Noun from verb and/or Middle English chete, aphetic form of achete, escheat, eschete (“the reversion of property to the state”), from Anglo-Norman eschete and Old French eschet, escheit, escheoit (“that which falls to one”), past participle of escheoir (“to fall”) (modern French échoir), from Late Latin *excadēre (“fall away, fall out”), from (Latin) ex- + cadere (“fall”). Doublet of escheat.