Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: forgery
IPA transcription: [f'ɔɹdʒɚi]
Pronunciations of forgery
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: forgery
    Meaning: criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud
  • Synonyms: counterfeit, forgery
    Meaning: a copy that is represented as the original
Usage examples
  • 'A forgery.
  • It may be a forgery.
  • 'A forgery?' he said.
  • "A fine forgery, if I do say so myself," he mused.
  • Forgery is dishonest because its object is to deceive.
  • 'It was a forgery,' muttered Mr Waller, sitting down heavily.
  • "Who will employ a bookkeeper, or even a clerk who has been guilty of forgery?"
  • The difference between fiction and forgery is this: the former is, what it claims to be; the latter is a lie parading as a truth.
  • If the Gospel was a novel, no one would object to its mythology, but pretending to be historical, it must square its claims with the facts, or be branded as a forgery.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Pope Clement I, License CC BY-SA 4.0