feigning 1 of 2

noun

Definition of feigningnext
as in pretence

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feigning

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verb

present participle of feign
as in pretending
to present a false appearance of I would never feign illness just to get out of a test

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feigning
  1. pretending
  2. simulation
  3. simulating
  4. forgery
  5. assuming
  6. fake
  7. counterfeit
Verb
  • So the co-producer is pretending the screenwriter’s work was infringed upon.
    Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Scammers pretending to be Denver Animal Shelter staff are calling people who lost their pets, telling them they’ve been hit by a car and need to pay a $500 deposit by phone to start emergency surgery, city officials said Friday.
    Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of pretending
Noun
  • After consuming mindless content like social media, refresh your mental energy with challenging activities—read a complex article, take a professional course or play a strategic game (like chess or a business simulation).
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The Test Fire Simulation will put visitors beneath a rocket engine and into a simulation that includes sounds, lights and a cooling mist.
    Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of simulation
Verb
  • Decision support systems powered with AI are assisting military leaders by analyzing vast amounts of data, simulating scenarios in real-time, and then suggesting optimal strategies based on various conditions.
    Kathleen Walch, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • In addition to real-time protection, simulating AI adversarial attacks pre-production is a best practice for proactively protecting your models.
    Niv Braun, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of simulating
Noun
  • Mangione was later charged with murder in New York and is facing four other charges, including forgery and possession of a firearm.
    Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
  • He was charged with murder and a number of other felonies in New York as well as weapons and forgery charges in Pennsylvania.
    Sam Woodward, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of forgery
Verb
  • The ousting of Assad, who ruled Syria for a quarter century after assuming power from his father, leaves a dangerous political vacuum.
    Scott Neuman, NPR, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Don’t allow the pets to be unsupervised in the same room; keep plants on a high shelf (assuming your pet can’t reach it; most cats can reach everywhere) or secured behind glass like a cloche.
    Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of assuming
Noun
  • Marino took the snap, pretended to spike the ball to stop the clock, and threw a touchdown pass to Ingram, who was open after rookie cornerback Aaron Glenn bought Marino's fake.
    Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
  • But evidence compiled by academics in the U.S. and Canada as well as government institutions such as Colombia's health authorities is increasingly showing that some generics are of dubious quality, contaminated or outright fake.
    David Cox, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of fake
Noun
  • The National Crime Prevention Council believes counterfeiting is an even bigger problem, pegging counterfeits as a $2 trillion business at the end of 2023.
    Adriana Lee, WWD, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Haotian Sun and Pengfei Xue exploited Apple's iPhone repair process by sending more than 6,000 counterfeit phones to the manufacturer that couldn't be repaired, in order to induce the company to replace the counterfeits with genuine iPhones, federal prosecutors said this week.
    Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2024
Definition of counterfeit
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