fakes
|fakes|
/feɪks/
(fake)
pretending
Etymology
'fake' originates from early 19th-century English thieves' cant or slang, where a verb "fake" meant 'to make' or 'to feign'.
'fake' appeared in cant and informal English (forms like 'fak' or 'faken') and by the 19th century became established in general English as the verb and noun 'fake'.
Initially, it meant 'to make or shape (often deceitfully)'; over time it evolved into the current common meanings of 'to forge, to pretend' and the noun 'an imitation or a fraud'.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
plural form of 'fake' — objects or items that are not genuine; counterfeits or imitations.
The market is full of cheap fakes.
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Noun 2
plural form of 'fake' — people who pretend to be something they're not or who deceive others.
Those politicians are fakes who promise but do not deliver.
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Verb 1
third-person singular present tense form of 'fake' — to make something appear to be something it is not; to pretend or to forge.
She fakes confidence during presentations.
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