fake
part of speech
adjective; noun (a fake, fakes); verb (fake, fakes, faked, faking)
meaning for a pupil
1) Fake means not real, made to look like something else, often to trick people. tree →
2) A fake is a copy made to trick people, like a fake painting or fake money. tree →
3) To fake something is to make a copy to trick people, or to pretend to have a feeling or illness. tree →
4) A fake person pretends to be something they are not. tree →
sense in the lessons
In online safety, there are fake news stories, fake accounts and fake websites; check facts with trusted sources and ask an adult. Fake messages may try to steal passwords. In stories, fakes and forgers are clues in mysteries. In everyday life, fake can be harmless, like fake fur or fake plants. Phrases: fake news, fake money, a fake smile, fake it, fake fur.
examples
- That's not a real diamond; it's fake. tree →
- Don't trust fake news. tree →
- The painting turned out to be a fake. tree →
- He faked a cough to stay home. tree →
- The plant on the shelf is fake. tree →
- Watch out for fake messages asking for your password. tree →
- Her smile looked fake. tree →
note
Opposite: real, genuine. Synonyms: false, pretend, counterfeit (money). Pretending to be ill to miss school is faking; it is dishonest. In maths problems, a "fake coin" puzzle often means one coin weighs a different amount.
In the corpora
- A quote stuck on a picture of a famous face is very easy to fake; look for where the person really said it.
- The internet also makes things that look real but are not: AI videos, fake screenshots, forum posts with no name.
- AI can now make fake videos of real people saying things they never said; check whether the person really said it.
- Screenshots of messages can be faked in seconds, and private messages are private even if they are real.
- AI can also copy things that used to be hard to fake.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «fake» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.