"cheating" meaning in English

See cheating in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃiːtɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cheating.wav Forms: more cheating [comparative], most cheating [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːtɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} cheating (comparative more cheating, superlative most cheating)
  1. Unsporting or underhand. Translations (unsporting & underhand): unsportlich (German), unehrlich (German), betrügerisch (German), нечесний (nečesnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-cheating-en-adj-pV5lD1eP Categories (other): Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 16 6 34 34 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 11 6 39 37 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 12 6 34 40 8 Disambiguation of 'unsporting & underhand': 99 1
  2. Unfaithful or adulterous. Translations (adulterous): betrügerisch (German), ehebrecherisch (German), untreu (German), traidor (Portuguese), infiel (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-cheating-en-adj-iTPYT0Za Disambiguation of 'adulterous': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cheatingly, noncheating, uncheating Related terms: Cheating in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃiːtɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cheating.wav Forms: cheatings [plural]
Rhymes: -iːtɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cheating (countable and uncountable, plural cheatings)
  1. An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition): valsspelen [neuter] (Dutch), Falschspiel [neuter] (German), Betrügerei [feminine] (German), Schiebung [feminine] (German), Schwindel [masculine] (German), Mogelei [feminine] (German), Schummelei [feminine] (German), cúigleáil (english: at cards) [feminine] (Irish), imbroglio [masculine] (Italian), truffa [feminine] (Italian), チート (chīto) (Japanese), カンニング (kanningu) (english: examinations) (Japanese), oszustwo [masculine] (Polish), oszukiwanie [neuter] (Polish), cheatowanie [neuter] [computer-games, games] (Polish), czitowanie [neuter] [computer-games, games] (Polish), कपट (kapaṭa) [masculine, neuter] (Sanskrit), podvala [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), prevara [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), prijevara [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), trampa [feminine] (Spanish), fullería [feminine] (Spanish), fusk [neuter] (Swedish), ошука́нство (ošukánstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), круті́йство (krutíjstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-cheating-en-noun-pMfAxC9e Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 6 43 32 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 16 6 34 34 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 11 6 39 37 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 12 6 34 40 8 Disambiguation of 'act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition': 94 6
  2. (cinematography) The arrangement of people or items in a film so as to give the (false) impression that shots are taken from different angles in the same location. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Cinematography
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: anticheating, contract cheating, cybercheating

Verb

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃiːtɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cheating.wav
Rhymes: -iːtɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} cheating
  1. present participle and gerund of cheat Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: cheat
    Sense id: en-cheating-en-verb-GCYnvpye Categories (other): Terms with Dutch translations Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 16 6 34 34 10

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "english": "at cards",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "cúigleáil"
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      "sense": "act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition",
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      "word": "imbroglio"
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      "sense": "act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition",
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      "english": "examinations",
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      "roman": "kanningu",
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      "word": "カンニング"
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      "sense": "act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition",
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      "word": "oszukiwanie"
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      "sense": "act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition",
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      "word": "fusk"
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      "word": "ошука́нство"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "adulterous",
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