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cheat1 verbcheat2 noun cheatcheat1 /tʃiːt/ ●●○ S3 verb   cheat1Origin: 1500-1600 cheat ‘legal removal of someone's property’ (14-17 centuries), from escheat VERB TABLEcheat |
| Present | I, you, we, they | cheat | | he, she, it | cheats | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | cheated | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have cheated | | he, she, it | has cheated | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had cheated | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will cheat | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have cheated |
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| Present | I | am cheating | | he, she, it | is cheating | | you, we, they | are cheating | | Past | I, he, she, it | was cheating | | you, we, they | were cheating | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been cheating | | he, she, it | has been cheating | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been cheating | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be cheating | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been cheating |
- Cohen claimed that criminals posing as salesmen cheat Americans out of billions of dollars each year.
- He doesn't trust car mechanics -- he thinks they're all trying to cheat him.
- He had cheated his clients by selling them worthless stocks.
- Jenny always cheats at cards.
- She says she was cheated out of $10,000 she paid to a modeling agency.
- Studies indicate about 20 to 30 percent of college students cheat.
- The movie's young heroine lies, cheats, and steals to get what she wants.
- Fong was more worried about being cheated than he was about making money.
- He showed me how to cheat.
- Please try and be really strong tonight and don't cheat at all.
- She was cheated out of last night, and though she does not know it she is going to lose tomorrow night too.
- The games end in a brawl between the jongleur, who feels he is being cheated, and the saint.
to get money or possessions dishonestly from someone► cheat to deceive someone so that they do not get or keep something they have a right to: · He used his charm to cheat the old lady out of everything he could get.· He’s afraid they’ll cheat him after he hands over the money. ► con informal to get money from someone by telling them lies: · They conned her into spending thousands of pounds on useless equipment.· He conned money out of the public by pretending to collect for charity. ► swindle to get money from a person or organization by cheating them in a clever way: · The painting has been stolen and the art gallery has been swindled out of a large sum of money.· A City businessman who swindled investors out of millions of pounds was jailed for four years. ► defraud to commit the crime of getting money from an organization by deceiving them: · He admitted attempting to defraud his former employer of $1 million.· Johnson is accused of conspiring to defraud the taxman of hundreds of thousands of pounds. ► do somebody out of something informal especially British English to dishonestly stop someone from getting or keeping something, especially something they have a right to have: · They’ve done me out of three weeks wages! to get money or possessions from someone dishonestly► cheat · He doesn't trust car mechanics -- he thinks they're all trying to cheat him.cheat somebody out of something · She says she was cheated out of $10,000 she paid to a modeling agency.· Cohen claimed that criminals posing as salesmen cheat Americans out of billions of dollars each year. ► swindle to get money from a person or organization by cheating them, especially using clever and complicated methods: · He was jailed in 1992 for attempting to swindle the insurance company he worked for.swindle somebody out of something: · Investors have been swindled out of millions of pounds. ► con especially spoken to persuade someone to buy something or to give you money by telling them lies: · By the time she realized she had been conned, she had lost more than $3000.con somebody out of something: · The old lady was conned out of her life savings by a crooked insurance dealer.con something out of somebody: · A man pretending to be a faith healer has conned around £20,000 out of desperate sick people.con somebody into doing something: · She was too embarrassed to admit that they had conned her into buying 100 acres of worthless land. ► fiddle British informal to give false information or make dishonest changes to financial records, in order to get money or avoid paying money: · My boss thinks I've been fiddling my travel expenses.fiddle the books/fiddle the accounts (=change a company's financial records): · The company secretary has been fiddling the books for years. ► defraud to get money from a company or organization, especially a very large one, by deceiving it: · Trachtenberg is charged with attempting to defraud his business partner.defraud somebody (out) of something: · Between them they defrauded the company out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. ► fleece informal to get a lot of money from someone by tricking them: · She fleeced him for everything he had.· Authorities estimate at least 300 elderly couples were fleeced in the scheme.fleece somebody of something: · She estimates he fleeced her of about £50,000 by tricking her into buying fake antiques. ► trick somebody out of to get money or possessions from someone, by tricking or deceiving them: · Police are warning residents to be on their guard after two men tricked a pensioner out of several hundred pounds.· Megan was tricked out of her life savings by a smooth-talking handsome man who had promised to marry her. ► do somebody out of especially British, informal to cheat someone by not giving them money that they deserve or that they are owed: · The way I see it, they've done me out of three weeks' wages.· She's convinced the sales assistant did her out of £15. ► you've been had spoken use this to say that someone has been cheated but they do not realize it: · I hate to tell you this but you've been had. The antique clock you bought is a phoney. to make someone pay too much money for something► overcharge to make someone pay too much for something in a shop, restaurant, taxi etc: · Garage mechanics are twice as likely to overcharge women car owners as men.overcharge somebody for something: · The cab driver tried to overcharge us for the ride from the airport.· The university was accused of overcharging the government millions of dollars for research-related costs. ► rip off spoken informal to make someone pay much more for something than it is worth: rip somebody off: · Don't buy a watch from those guys, they'll just rip you off.rip off somebody: · The bars by the sea make huge profits by ripping off tourists. ► a rip-off spoken informal if something is a rip-off , it costs much more than it is worth -- use this when you think that someone is trying to cheat you: · "It cost £200 to get it fixed." "What a rip-off!"a complete/total rip-off: · The meal cost me $80 - it was a total rip-off. ► fleece informal to get a lot of money from someone by charging far too much for goods or services: · Some airport shops are accused of fleecing their customers, who don't have any choice but to use them. to cheat in an examination or game► cheat to use dishonest methods in order to pass an examination or win a game: · Studies indicate about 20 to 30 percent of college students cheat.cheat at: · Jenny always cheats at cards. ► copy to cheat in an examination, schoolwork etc by copying someone's work : · If I see anyone copying I'll send you straight to the principal's office.copy off: · The only way I made it through high school was by copying off my best friend.copy something from something: · She was expelled for handing in an essay that she had copied directly from a newspaper article. to dishonestly arrange the result of a game, election etc► fix to dishonestly arrange the result of something, especially of a sports game, so that it is to your advantage: · He was convicted of fixing college basketball games in the 1950s.· Many people believe that the outcome of wrestling matches are fixed. ► rig if something is rigged , especially a vote or an election, it is dishonestly arranged so that a person or group gets the result they want: · The senator resigned after accusations that the vote had been rigged.· They would never have got into power if the whole thing hadn't been rigged.· Many Labour Party members believed that the ballot to elect a mayoral candidate was rigged. ► ballot-rigging when someone dishonestly arranges an election or other vote so that they get the result they want: · The MP resigned after charges of fraud and ballot-rigging. ► throw if a player or team throw a game, they deliberately lose it, especially in order to get money: · Joe Jackson was one of eight Chicago White Sox accused of throwing the 1919 World Series. when people are dishonest in order to get money► fraud the crime of getting money dishonestly from a big organization, for example by giving false information or changing documents, especially over a long time: · Big losses due to theft and fraud forced the company to close.· Landale is calling for more laws to protect consumers against fraud. ► scam informal a method, usually used by several people working together, who cheat someone by making them believe something that is not true: · I spent more than $4000 before I realized the whole thing was a scam.scam to do something: · She and her boyfriend were involved in a scam to get $5 million from the company.tax scam (=a way of dishonestly avoiding paying tax) ► swindle a well-planned and often complicated arrangement to cheat people: · Young was convicted for his participation in a $2 million stock swindle.· The whole property development proposal was a swindle. They never intended to build anything. ► fiddle British a situation in which people are cheated, especially in small ways over a long period of time: · The firm realised some sort of fiddle was going on, but they had no idea how much they were losing.work a fiddle (=do a fiddle): · Managers don't really get paid much here, but most of them are working a few fiddles. ► con a method or process of persuading someone to buy something or to give you money by telling them lies: · A lot of people gave money to the charity collectors, not realising it was a con.con trick British: · She wanted me to visit a fortune-teller but I thought it was all a big con trick. ► racket an illegal business that is used by criminals to make a large profit for themselves: · The FBI believe they have found the real criminals behind a big gambling racket.· The Mafia runs a highly sophisticated drugs racket. someone who cheats► cheat also cheater American · Don't pretend you can't afford to pay me that money back -- you're nothing but a cheat and a liar!· My grandmother thinks all car salesmen are cheats.· I'll never play cards with you again, you cheater! ► con-man/con artist spoken informal someone who gets money by cheating people or lying to them: · a handsome con-man who charms women into giving him money, then simply disappears from their lives· She gave $11,000 to two con artists who pretended to be bank officials. ► swindler someone who regularly cheats people or organizations to get money: · That firm is a bunch of swindlers. Don't pay them anything until the goods have been delivered and checked.· I wasn't going to let any kid of mine work among those swindlers on Wall Street. when someone has sex with someone who is not their husband, girlfriend etc► unfaithful if someone is unfaithful , they have sex with someone who is not their husband, girlfriend etc: · Why do women stay with unfaithful partners?· Jeff promised he'd never be unfaithful again.unfaithful to: · He accused me of being unfaithful to him. ► cheat on somebody informal if someone cheats on their husband, girlfriend etc, they secretly have sex with someone else: · What would you do if your boyfriend cheated on you? ► affair a secret sexual relationship between two people when at least one of them is married to someone else: · Their affair lasted for six years.love affair: · They finally confessed their secret love affair.have an affair (with somebody): · He accused his wife of having an affair.· My wife thinks I'm having an affair with someone at work. ► adultery the act of having sex with someone who is not your husband or wife, when you are married: · She finally left her husband because of his adultery.commit adultery formal (=have sex with someone who is not your husband or wife): · 60% of men admit to committing adultery at some time during their marriages. ► infidelity formal when someone who is married has sex with someone who is not their husband or wife: · Her husband never knew of her infidelity.marital infidelity: · There had been rumours for a long time of Clinton's marital infidelity. ► that’s cheating Don’t look at my cards – that’s cheating. British English, cheat on an exam American English:· She was caught cheating in the exam. ► cheat in an examination· Any student caught cheating in an examination will be suspended. NOUN► form· How, then, do we account for these very different responses to the different forms of cheating?· Traditionally, collaboration in the classroom, for instance, has been taboo, condemned as a form of cheating.· It was not yet, however, unambiguously regarded as a form of cheating.· We can approach these issues by re-examining the argument that doping is a form of cheating. ► people· He has received death threats after cheating hundreds of innocent people.· He be cheating and fooling the people all these years. ► system· A police chief who tries to cheat the system is the wrong chief for us. ► wife· That it doesn't matter if you cheat on your wife, so long as she doesn't find out.· When they first hooked up, Frank was cheating on his first wife to be with Kathie Lee.· That included orders from on high to cheat on his wife by sleeping with a disciple, he has declared.· John Kennedy cheated on his wife.· If so, then he's a toad for cheating on his wife. VERB► feel· The games end in a brawl between the jongleur, who feels he is being cheated, and the saint.· Sherman was relieved for a moment, but then he felt cheated.· It revealed Docherty to be a witty, compulsive and outspoken man who feels cheated by the past.· Magnanimously, I jumped in and offered to pay the discount difference so that my dining friend would not feel cheated.· Young people feel cheated by their parents without really knowing of what they have been deprived.· My sister, Susan, was up from Florida to pick up Patience and Jack. 1 was feeling very cheated.· Nor is she the only one who feels cheated by Death Row. ► lie· Did he think he was the only one who could lie and cheat?· They lie and they cheat, making it impossible for us to serve them well.· But lying and cheating to stay here does. ► try· As it turned out, he was the only taxi driver not to try to cheat me.· Well, they are trying to cheat on their biology.· Everywhere you turn these days some one is trying to cheat us out of something.· In my descriptions I have tried not to cheat, and we shall have to work a little harder than otherwise.· A police chief who tries to cheat the system is the wrong chief for us. ► feel cheated- Many of the workers feel cheated by not getting their bonuses.
- But they do, and then feel cheated.
- Fear of litigation by shareholders who felt cheated quickly established this practice after some early abuses.
- If you do, your readers are likely to feel cheated.
- It revealed Docherty to be a witty, compulsive and outspoken man who feels cheated by the past.
- Magnanimously, I jumped in and offered to pay the discount difference so that my dining friend would not feel cheated.
- Nor is she the only one who feels cheated by Death Row.
- Sherman was relieved for a moment, but then he felt cheated.
- And because he thought he could cheat death.
- Explain how you cheated death at every stage of the journey.
- Our attempts to cheat life have progressed to an attempt to cheat death.
- Some of them are cheating death.
1[intransitive, transitive] to behave in a dishonest way in order to win or to get an advantage, especially in a competition, game, or examination: He had cheated in the test by using a calculator. Don’t look at my cards – that’s cheating.cheat at She claimed that I cheated at chess.2[transitive] to trick or deceive someone so that they do not get or keep something they have a right to have: Illegal workers are often cheated by employers.cheat somebody (out) of something She cheated her aged aunt out of her fortune.3feel cheated to feel that you have been treated wrongly or unfairly and have not got what you deserve: She felt cheated and used.4cheat death/fate etc to manage to avoid death or a very bad situation even though it seemed that you would not be able to: The Italian ace cheated death in a spectacular 100 mph crash.5be cheated of victory/success etc if you are cheated of victory, success etc, you do not achieve it because of something unfortunate that happensTHESAURUS– Meaning 2to get money or possessions dishonestly from someonecheat to deceive someone so that they do not get or keep something they have a right to: · He used his charm to cheat the old lady out of everything he could get.· He’s afraid they’ll cheat him after he hands over the money.con informal to get money from someone by telling them lies: · They conned her into spending thousands of pounds on useless equipment.· He conned money out of the public by pretending to collect for charity.swindle to get money from a person or organization by cheating them in a clever way: · The painting has been stolen and the art gallery has been swindled out of a large sum of money.· A City businessman who swindled investors out of millions of pounds was jailed for four years.defraud to commit the crime of getting money from an organization by deceiving them: · He admitted attempting to defraud his former employer of $1 million.· Johnson is accused of conspiring to defraud the taxman of hundreds of thousands of pounds.do somebody out of something informal especially British English to dishonestly stop someone from getting or keeping something, especially something they have a right to have: · They’ve done me out of three weeks wages!cheat on somebody phrasal verb to be unfaithful to your husband, wife, or sexual partner by secretly having sex with someone else: The magazine claims that almost half of Britain’s women cheat on their partners.cheat1 verbcheat2 noun cheatcheat2 ●●○ noun [countable] - Don't pretend you can't afford to pay me that money back -- you're nothing but a cheat and a liar!
- I'll never play cards with you again, you cheater!
- My grandmother thinks all car salesmen are cheats.
- The law is aimed at catching tax cheats.
- Their teacher suspected them of cheating when they both missed the same question on the test.
- And he said there was now further evidence to discredit a principal witness in the case as a liar and a cheat.
- He presented himself as a liar, a cheat.
- In other words, shortcut and cheat books.
- Priestley's warning was that it was essentially a cheat.
- The disk also contains secret cheat codes to provide additional ammunition and level skip features.
- This is what the cheat sheet said: 1.
to get money or possessions from someone dishonestly► cheat · He doesn't trust car mechanics -- he thinks they're all trying to cheat him.cheat somebody out of something · She says she was cheated out of $10,000 she paid to a modeling agency.· Cohen claimed that criminals posing as salesmen cheat Americans out of billions of dollars each year. ► swindle to get money from a person or organization by cheating them, especially using clever and complicated methods: · He was jailed in 1992 for attempting to swindle the insurance company he worked for.swindle somebody out of something: · Investors have been swindled out of millions of pounds. ► con especially spoken to persuade someone to buy something or to give you money by telling them lies: · By the time she realized she had been conned, she had lost more than $3000.con somebody out of something: · The old lady was conned out of her life savings by a crooked insurance dealer.con something out of somebody: · A man pretending to be a faith healer has conned around £20,000 out of desperate sick people.con somebody into doing something: · She was too embarrassed to admit that they had conned her into buying 100 acres of worthless land. ► fiddle British informal to give false information or make dishonest changes to financial records, in order to get money or avoid paying money: · My boss thinks I've been fiddling my travel expenses.fiddle the books/fiddle the accounts (=change a company's financial records): · The company secretary has been fiddling the books for years. ► defraud to get money from a company or organization, especially a very large one, by deceiving it: · Trachtenberg is charged with attempting to defraud his business partner.defraud somebody (out) of something: · Between them they defrauded the company out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. ► fleece informal to get a lot of money from someone by tricking them: · She fleeced him for everything he had.· Authorities estimate at least 300 elderly couples were fleeced in the scheme.fleece somebody of something: · She estimates he fleeced her of about £50,000 by tricking her into buying fake antiques. ► trick somebody out of to get money or possessions from someone, by tricking or deceiving them: · Police are warning residents to be on their guard after two men tricked a pensioner out of several hundred pounds.· Megan was tricked out of her life savings by a smooth-talking handsome man who had promised to marry her. ► do somebody out of especially British, informal to cheat someone by not giving them money that they deserve or that they are owed: · The way I see it, they've done me out of three weeks' wages.· She's convinced the sales assistant did her out of £15. ► you've been had spoken use this to say that someone has been cheated but they do not realize it: · I hate to tell you this but you've been had. The antique clock you bought is a phoney. to make someone pay too much money for something► overcharge to make someone pay too much for something in a shop, restaurant, taxi etc: · Garage mechanics are twice as likely to overcharge women car owners as men.overcharge somebody for something: · The cab driver tried to overcharge us for the ride from the airport.· The university was accused of overcharging the government millions of dollars for research-related costs. ► rip off spoken informal to make someone pay much more for something than it is worth: rip somebody off: · Don't buy a watch from those guys, they'll just rip you off.rip off somebody: · The bars by the sea make huge profits by ripping off tourists. ► a rip-off spoken informal if something is a rip-off , it costs much more than it is worth -- use this when you think that someone is trying to cheat you: · "It cost £200 to get it fixed." "What a rip-off!"a complete/total rip-off: · The meal cost me $80 - it was a total rip-off. ► fleece informal to get a lot of money from someone by charging far too much for goods or services: · Some airport shops are accused of fleecing their customers, who don't have any choice but to use them. to cheat in an examination or game► cheat to use dishonest methods in order to pass an examination or win a game: · Studies indicate about 20 to 30 percent of college students cheat.cheat at: · Jenny always cheats at cards. ► copy to cheat in an examination, schoolwork etc by copying someone's work : · If I see anyone copying I'll send you straight to the principal's office.copy off: · The only way I made it through high school was by copying off my best friend.copy something from something: · She was expelled for handing in an essay that she had copied directly from a newspaper article. to dishonestly arrange the result of a game, election etc► fix to dishonestly arrange the result of something, especially of a sports game, so that it is to your advantage: · He was convicted of fixing college basketball games in the 1950s.· Many people believe that the outcome of wrestling matches are fixed. ► rig if something is rigged , especially a vote or an election, it is dishonestly arranged so that a person or group gets the result they want: · The senator resigned after accusations that the vote had been rigged.· They would never have got into power if the whole thing hadn't been rigged.· Many Labour Party members believed that the ballot to elect a mayoral candidate was rigged. ► ballot-rigging when someone dishonestly arranges an election or other vote so that they get the result they want: · The MP resigned after charges of fraud and ballot-rigging. ► throw if a player or team throw a game, they deliberately lose it, especially in order to get money: · Joe Jackson was one of eight Chicago White Sox accused of throwing the 1919 World Series. when people are dishonest in order to get money► fraud the crime of getting money dishonestly from a big organization, for example by giving false information or changing documents, especially over a long time: · Big losses due to theft and fraud forced the company to close.· Landale is calling for more laws to protect consumers against fraud. ► scam informal a method, usually used by several people working together, who cheat someone by making them believe something that is not true: · I spent more than $4000 before I realized the whole thing was a scam.scam to do something: · She and her boyfriend were involved in a scam to get $5 million from the company.tax scam (=a way of dishonestly avoiding paying tax) ► swindle a well-planned and often complicated arrangement to cheat people: · Young was convicted for his participation in a $2 million stock swindle.· The whole property development proposal was a swindle. They never intended to build anything. ► fiddle British a situation in which people are cheated, especially in small ways over a long period of time: · The firm realised some sort of fiddle was going on, but they had no idea how much they were losing.work a fiddle (=do a fiddle): · Managers don't really get paid much here, but most of them are working a few fiddles. ► con a method or process of persuading someone to buy something or to give you money by telling them lies: · A lot of people gave money to the charity collectors, not realising it was a con.con trick British: · She wanted me to visit a fortune-teller but I thought it was all a big con trick. ► racket an illegal business that is used by criminals to make a large profit for themselves: · The FBI believe they have found the real criminals behind a big gambling racket.· The Mafia runs a highly sophisticated drugs racket. someone who cheats► cheat also cheater American · Don't pretend you can't afford to pay me that money back -- you're nothing but a cheat and a liar!· My grandmother thinks all car salesmen are cheats.· I'll never play cards with you again, you cheater! ► con-man/con artist spoken informal someone who gets money by cheating people or lying to them: · a handsome con-man who charms women into giving him money, then simply disappears from their lives· She gave $11,000 to two con artists who pretended to be bank officials. ► swindler someone who regularly cheats people or organizations to get money: · That firm is a bunch of swindlers. 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manager, nounfilename, nounfile sharing, nounfile transfer, filing system, filter, nounfirewall, nounfirmware, nounfirst generation, nounfirst in, first out, nounfirst-person shooter, nounfive nines, nounfixed wireless, nounflash, verbflash, nounflash drive, nounflash memory, nounflatscreen, adjectiveflat screen, flip chip, nounfloor broker, floppy disk, nounfly-by-wire, nounfolder, nounfont, nounfooter, nounfootprint, nounforklift upgrade, nounformat, verbFortran, nounforum, noun404, adjectivefreeware, nounftp, nounfunction, nounfunctionality, nounfunction key, nounfungible, adjectivefuzzy logic, nounGame Boy, gameplay, noungamer, noungaming, noungarbage in, garbage out, Gates, Bill, gateway, nounghost, nounGIF, noungigabit, noungigabyte, nounGIGO, GIS, nounGlitter, Gary, global, adjectiveGLOBEX, nounGMS, nounGoogle, gopher, noungraphical, adjectivegraphical user interface, noungraphics, noungraphics card, noungraphic software, grid computing, noungroupware, nounGUI, nounhack, verbhack, nounhacker, nounhacktivist, nounhandshake, nounhard copy, nounhard disk, nounhard drive, nounhardware, nounhard-wired, adjectiveHawk, Tony, Hawking, Stephen, head, nounheader, nounhelp, nounhelp desk, nounhelp menu, help screen, nounHewlett Packard, hexadecimal, adjectivehigh-definition, adjectivehigh-level, adjectivehigh-level language, highlight, verbhome computer, home office, nounhome shopping, hookup, nounhook-up, nounhost computer, hot key, nounhot link, nounhot spot, nounHTML, nounhttp, hyperlink, nounhypertext, nounIBM, icon, nounICT, nounidentifier, nouniMac, nounimport, verbinbox, nounincremental backup, nounincubator space, industrial design, infect, verbinfected, adjectiveinformation exchange, information retrieval, nouninformation system, information technology, nouninfowar, nouninitialize, verbinkjet printer, nouninput, nouninput, verbinput/output, adjectiveinstall, verbinstaller, nounInstinet, Intel, intelligent terminal, interactive, adjectiveinteractive whiteboard, nouninterface, nouninterface, verbInternational Securities Exchange, nounInternet cafe, nounInternet Service Provider, interpreter, nounintranet, nouninvoke, verbIP address, nouniPod, nouniris scan, nounISDN, nounISP, nounIT, nouniterate, verbiTunes, iTV, nounJava, nounjob, nounjob bank, Jobs, Steve, joystick, nounJPEG, nounK, KB, keno, nounkey, nounkeyboard, nounkeyboard, verbkeyboarder, nounkeypad, nounkeystroke, nounkeyword, nounkilobyte, nounkit, nounkludge, nounknowledge base, Kraftwerk, LAN, nounlanguage, nounlaptop, nounlaser disk, nounlaser printer, nounlaunch, verbLCD, nounlight industry, nounlight pen, nounline printer, nounlink, verbLinux, nounLISP, nounlisting paper, listserv, nounload, verblocal area network, nounlog file, LOGO, nounloop, nounlow-level, adjectiveMac, nounmachine, nounmachine code, nounmachine language, machine-readable, adjectiveMacintosh, nounmacro, nounmagnetic disk, nounmagnetic media, nounmagnetic tape, nounmail, nounmail, verbmailbomb, nounmailbox, nounmailing list, nounmail merge, nounmainframe, nounmainframe computer, main memory, manual, adjectivemaximize, verbmegabyte, nounmemory, nounmemory address, memory bank, nounmemory card, nounmemory hog, nounMemory Stick, nounmenu, nounmessage, nounmetadata, nounmicro, nounmicrochip, nounmicrocomputer, nounmicroelectronics, nounmicroprocessor, nounMicrosoft, MIDI, nounmigrate, verbmigration, nounMillennium bug, minicomputer, nounminimize, verbmips, mission-critical, adjectiveMIT, mixer, nounmodel, nounmodel, verbmodelling, nounmodem, nounmodule, nounmonitor, nounMoore, Gordon, Moore's Law, nounmorphing, nounmotherboard, nounMotorola, mouse, nounmouse mat, nounmouse miles, nounmouse potato, nounMP3 player, nounMP4 player, nounMPEG, nounMSC, nounMS-DOS, multimedia, adjectivemulti-player gaming, nounmultiple applications, multiplexer, nounmultitasking, nounnagware, nounNasdaq, nounNASDAQ, Naseem, Prince, National Market System, nounNEC, nerd, nounnest, verbNetscape Navigator, network, nounnetwork, verbneural computer, nounneural network, nounneuroinformatics, nounnewbie, nounnew economy, nounNintendo, node, nounnoise, nounnotebook, nounnumber-cruncher, nounnumber crunching, nounobject, nounobject language, object-oriented, adjectiveOCR, nounOfex, nounoffice machinery, offline, adverboff-line, adjectiveonline, adjectiveonline catalogue, online updating, nounon-screen, adjectiveopen, verbOpen Group, the, open outcry, nounopen system, nounoperating system, nounoperation, nounoptical character recognition, nounoptical fibre, nounoption, nounorder, nounorganizing business, OSI, nounoutbox, nounoutput, nounoutput, verbover-the-counter dealing, over-the-counter market, over-the-counter share, over-the-counter stock, over-the-counter trading, overwrite, verbP2P, adjectivepackage, nounpacket, nounpacket-switching, nounpage, nounpage break, nounpalette, nounpalm phone, nounpalmtop, nounpaperless, adjectiveparallel data query, parallel port, parallel processing, nounPASCAL, nounpass-along, adjectivepassword, nounpaste, verbpasting, nounpatch, nounpause, verbPC, nounPC Card, nounPDA, nounPDF, nounPDF file, pen drive, nounPentium, peripheral, adjectiveperipheral, nounpersonal communicator, nounpersonal computer, nounpersonal electronic device, nounpersonal organizer, nounpetaflop, nounphishing, nounping, verbpiracy, nounpirate, verbpixel, nounplasma screen, nounplatform, nounplatform game, nounPlayStation, plotter, nounplug and play, nounplug-and-play, adjectiveplug-in, nounpointer, nounpop-under, nounpop-up, nounport, nounport, verbportable, adjectivepost, verbpost-industrial, adjectivePostScript, nounPowerPoint, nounprint, verbprinter, nounprintout, nounprint-out, nounprint preview, nounprocess, verbprocessing, nounprocessor, nounprogram, nounprogram, verbprogram file, programmable, adjectiveprogrammer, nounprogramme trading, programming, nounprogramming language, PROLOG, nounPROM, nounprompt, verbprompt, nounprotocol, nounPsion, pull down, nounpull-down, adjectivepull-down menu, nounpunched card, nounquantum computer, nounQuarkXPress, queue, nounqwerty, adjectiveRAM, nounrandom access memory, nounread, verbread only memory, read-only memory, nounread-out, nounread-write, adjectivereal-time, adjectivereboot, verbrecall, verbre-chip, verbrecord, nounrecord, verbrefresh, verbreload, verbremaster, verbremote access, nounremote control, nounremote working, nounreseller, nounreset, verbrespawn, verbretinal scanner, nounretrieval, nounretrieve, verbretry, verbreturn, nounright-click, verbrip, verbroad warrior, nounrobot, nounrollover, nounROM, nounRoute 128, nounrouter, nounroutine, nounRSI, nounRTF, nounrun, verbsalami slicing, nounSamsung, save, verbscalability, nounscalable, adjectivescan, verbscanner, nounscramble, verbscreen, nounscreen-based, adjectivescreen dump, nounscreensaver, nounscreen saver, nounscreenshot, nounscroll, verbscroll bar, nounscroll key, SCSI, nounSEAQ, search, nounsearch, verbsearchable, adjectivesearch engine, nounSEATS, nounsecurity rating, SEGA, self-healing, adjectivesend, verbserial port, server, nounserver farm, nounservice bureau, nounservice pack, nounSET, nounset-up, nounSFA, nounSGML, nounshareware, nounshift, nounshift key, nounshoot-'em-up, nounshopping bot, sig file, nounsilicon, nounsilicon chip, nounSilicon Fen, nounSilicon Glen, Silicon Valley, sim, nounSIMM, nounsimulation, nounSinclair, Sir Clive, single sourcing, skin, nounslo-mo, adjectivesmall office/home office, nounsmart, adjectivesmart bomb, nounsneakernet, nounsoft copy, nounsoftware, nounsoftware engineering, SoHo, SOHO, nounSonic the Hedgehog, sort, nounsoundcard, nounsource code, nounspace bar, nounspam, nounspeech recognition, nounspeech recognition software, speech synthesizer, nounspellcheck, nounspellchecker, nounspell-checker, nounspider, nounspider food, nounspim, nounsplit screen, nounspreadsheet, nounspreadsheet software, spyware, nounstandalone, adjectivestand-alone, adjectivestandby time, nounStarr Report, the, nounstarter pack, nounstart-up, nounstorage, nounstorage unit, store, verbstore-and-forward, nounstrategic information system, stream, verbstreaming, nounStreet Fighter, string, nounstylus, nounsubdirectory, nounsubroutine, nounsuite, nounSun Microsystems, sunrise industry, nounsupercomputer, nounsuperserver, nounsupport, verbsupport, nounswitching, nounsynchronous, adjectivesyntax, nounsynthespian, nounsystem, nounsystem administrator, nounsystems analyst, nounsystems programmer, system tray, nountab, verbtab key, nountab stop, nountag, nountag, verbtape, nountape drive, taskbar, nountechie, nountechnical support, nountechno-, prefixtechnocracy, nountechno-geek, nountechnophobe, nountechy, telecentre, nountelecommuter, nountelematics, nounteleprinter, nounteleworker, nountemplate, nounterabyte, nounteraflop, nounterminal, nountestdeck, nountext-to-speech, adjectivethird-generation, adjectivethird-party software, thumbnail, nountickbox, nountick box, nountime out, nountime-sharing, nountitle bar, nountoggle, nountoner, nountoolbar, nountoolbox, nounTOPIC, nountop-level domain, nountop ranking, nounTorvalds, Linus, Toshiba, Tottenham Court Road, touchpad, nountouch screen, nountrackball, nountransaction processing, transputer, nounTrojan horse, nountroubleshooter, nounTTS, Turing, Alan, tutorial, nounundo, verbuninstall, verbunique visitor, nounUnix, noununlisted share, unlisted stock, unrecoverable error, unzip, verbup, adverbupdate, nounupgrade, verbupload, verbupload, nounuptime, nounusability, nounUSB, nounUSB drive, nounuser-friendly, adjectiveuser group, nounuser interface, nounuser name, nounUS Robotics, utility, nounVActor, nounvalid, adjectivevalue-added reseller, vapourware, nounVDT, nounVDU, nounVGA, nounvideocard, nounvideo game, nounvideo snacking, nounviral marketing, nounvirtual, adjectivevirtual corporation, virtually, adverbvirtual memory, nounvirtual office, nounvirtual organization, virtual reality, nounvirus, nounvoice print, nounvoice recognition, wallpaper, nounWAN, nounWAP, noun-ware, suffixwar game, nounWAV, nounwearable, nounWeb 2.0, nounweb browser, nounweb crawler, nounweb design, nounweb development, web-enabled, adjectiveweb hosting, nounweb log, nounweb log file, wide area network, wi-fi, nounWi-Fi, nounwild card, nounwindow, nounWindows, Wintel, wipe, verbWiponet, nounwireless internet, wireless networking, nounWord, Wordperfect, word processor, nounworkspace, nounworkstation, nounWorld Wide Web, the, worm, nounWozniak, Steve, write, verbwrite-protected, adjectiveWYSIWYG, nounXbox, XML, nounY2K, nounYahoo!, zap, verbzip file, nounzombie, noun ► cheat in an exam British English, cheat on an exam American English:· She was caught cheating in the exam. ► cheat in an examination· Any student caught cheating in an examination will be suspended. 1someone who is dishonest and cheats: His addiction has turned him into a cheat and a liar.2a cheat something that is dishonest or unfair3a set of instructions given to a computer that make it easier for someone who is playing a computer game to win |