Meaning

2 senses

  1. To pretend to be capable or competent.

    He told me that he was experienced, but I could tell instantly that he was faking it.

  2. To feign a certain emotion.

    She looked like she was having fun, but I knew that she was faking it.

Examples

33 sentences

  1. Fake it till you make it, Tom.

    Прикидайся, допоки в тебе не вийде, Томе.

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  2. That's a fake beard, isn't it?

    Це фальшива борода, еге ж?

    ruЭто ведь ненастоящая борода, да?

    deDas ist ein falscher Bart, oder?

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  3. Fake it till you make it.

    ruИграй роль, пока роль не станет тобой.

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  4. I can't fake it.

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  5. Just fake it.

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Forms

fakes it, faking it, faked it, faked it
Base formfake it · to fake it
3rd person singularfakes it
Present participlefaking it
Past simplefaked it
Past participlefaked it

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfake it
he, she, itfakes it

Past simpleLesson

all personsfaked it

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave faked it
he, she, ithas faked it

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fake it

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
faithfulnessfakeB1fakerfakirfalafelfalcon
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