How do you pronounce cheating?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈt͡ʃiːtɪŋ/.

cheating

/ˈt͡ʃiːtɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.20 in modern English

Syllables: cheat-ing
IPA: /ˈt͡ʃiːtɪŋ/

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Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of cheat

noun

An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

adj

Unsporting or underhand.

adj

Unfaithful or adulterous.

Example Sentences

"the cheatings and impositions of your pitiful trade"
"Cheating is the sixth C of Cinematography ... it is the art of arranging people, objects or actions, during filming or editing"

Usage

Inflected Forms

cheatings (plural) more cheating (comparative) most cheating (superlative)

Derived Forms

anticheating cybercheating cheatingly noncheating uncheating

Phrases

contract cheating Cheating in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Frequently Paired Words

Cheating in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Synonyms

dirty foul unsporting unsportsmanlike adulterous two-timing cheat

Rhymes With

meeting eating beating treating competing heating completing repeating seating greeting defeating deleting