cheater

«cheater» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who cheats: who breaks the rules secretly to win… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a cheater, cheaters)

meaning for a pupil

1) A cheater is a person who cheats: who breaks the rules secretly to win or to get something they should not have. tree →

2) A cheater is also someone who is not faithful or honest with a partner or friend. tree →

sense in the lessons

In games, sport and tests a cheater copies answers, peeks, changes the score or ignores the rules. In stories it marks an unfair character, and the reader expects them to be caught or to learn a lesson. In lessons on honesty it is the opposite of a fair player. Phrases: a sore loser and a cheater, call someone a cheater, cheaters never prosper.

examples

• Nobody wanted to play cards with him because he was a cheater. tree →
• The cheater was sent off the field. tree →
• «Cheaters never win,» said the coach. tree →
• She was called a cheater after she looked at her neighbour's test. tree →
• Don't be a cheater, wait your turn. tree →
• The game kicked out the cheater who used a hack. tree →
• In the story, the cheater lost the race in the end. tree →

note

Countable: a cheater, two cheaters. Mostly American; British English often says «a cheat» (He is a cheat). The verb is «cheat» (cheat, cheats, cheated, cheating). Calling someone a cheater is a strong accusation, so be sure before you say it.

In the corpora

• The seven letters of TEACHER also make CHEATER and HECTARE, and shorter words such as cheat, reach, each and heart.
• Not every brilliant player is a cheater, though.
• Games have a report button for cheaters and smurfs, and reports are checked.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cheater» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.