feign
Anlam (English)
- To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.
- To imagine; to invent; to pretend to do something.
- To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent; to feint.
- To hide or conceal.
Kavramlar
feiningly sahte olarak
hile ile
olduğundan başka görünmek
yalandan yapmak
yapar gibi görünmek
numarası yapmak
Synonyms
make as if
find an excuse
pretend to do good
pretend to be good
act as if
pose as
Sıklık
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/feɪn/
Etimoloji (English)
In summary
From Middle English feynen, feinen, borrowed from Old French feindre (“to pretend”), from Latin fingere (“to form, shape, invent”). Compare French feignant (present participle of feindre, literally “feigning”). Also compare feint and fiction.
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