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I guess my parents weren't smart enough to get a fake social security card for me back then, I wish they were.

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Quick take

something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of fake gathered in one view.

noun

something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

noun

a person who makes deceitful pretenses

noun

(football) a deceptive move made by a football player

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for fake.

noun

something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

noun

a person who makes deceitful pretenses

noun

(football) a deceptive move made by a football player

verb

make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"

verb

tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"

See also: fudge, manipulate, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent

verb

speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it"

adjective

fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

adjective

not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide"

See also: false, faux, imitation, simulated

Example sentences

I guess my parents weren't smart enough to get a fake social security card for me back then, I wish they were.

If you have any money left, spend that cash on those awful, dark-alley fake review and promotion services.

If a thief got their hands on it, they'd have a few attempts to unlock it with a fake fingerprint, and then they'd have to enter my code.

As a Russian-American this comes off as complete BS. I've seen this written before and it's always in the form of "It's not us that smile too little, it's you Americans that are fake and smile too much!

This idea, however, seems entirely lost on most HR departments, and the result is an almost entirely "fake" skills shortage.

Everything about this post strikes me as a conspiracy-laden fake, from the typos to wrong terminology to untrue policies to the lack of specific names of people.

Instead of trying to educate each individual customer about all the intricacies of the report they just added a dialog box that would display for ~10 seconds and step through a few fake progress messages.