TubeTalk Pronunciation
How to pronounce “fake”
Hear “fake” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for fake
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of fake with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Why Facts & Science Don't Always Change
specifically about the role of fake news
- Definition summary
- Not real; false, fraudulent.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce fake
Why Facts & Science Don't Always Change

specifically about the role of fake news
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “fake”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Not real; false, fraudulent.
- (Of people) Insincere
- [Noun]
- Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
- (sports) A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent.
- (archaic) A trick; a swindle
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
- (transitive) To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.
- (archaic) To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
- (archaic) To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is
- (music, ambitransitive) To improvise, in jazz.
Practice Nearby Words
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