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The total bogus voters in Dera Bassi might be several thousand.
Preneet Kaur

Meaning of "bogus" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BOGUS

From bogus apparatus for making counterfeit money; perhaps related to bogey1.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BOGUS

bogus  [ˈbəʊɡəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BOGUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bogus is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BOGUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bogus

Bogus may refer to: ▪ Bogus, a 1996 film starring Whoopi Goldberg ▪ Bogus Basin mountain resort in Idaho ▪ Mr. Bogus, a 1992 animation...

Definition of bogus in the English dictionary

The definition of bogus in the dictionary is spurious or counterfeit; not genuine.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BOGUS


analogous
əˈnæləɡəs
Angus
ˈæŋɡəs
argus
ˈɑːɡəs
asparagus
əˈspærəɡəs
autologous
ɔːˈtɒləɡəs
calabogus
ˌkæləˈbəʊɡəs
cunnilingus
ˌkʌnɪˈlɪŋɡəs
esophagus
iːˈsɒfəɡəs
Fergus
ˈfɜːɡəs
fungus
ˈfʌŋɡəs
heterozygous
ˌhɛtərəʊˈzaɪɡəs
homologous
həʊˈmɒləɡəs
homozygous
ˌhəʊməʊˈzaɪɡəs
humongous
ˌhjuːˈmʌŋɡəs
lucifugous
luːˈsɪfjʊɡəs
magus
ˈmeɪɡəs
meshugas
mɪˈʃʊɡəs
Mingus
ˈmɪŋɡəs
nidifugous
nɪˈdɪfjʊɡəs
valgus
ˈvælɡəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BOGUS

boggle
boggler
boggy
bogie
bogies
bogland
bogle
bogman
bogmen
Bognor Regis
BOGOF
bogong
Bogor
bogtrotter
bogtrotting
bogue
bogusly
bogusness
bogwood
bogy

WORDS THAT END LIKE BOGUS

Aberdeen Angus
anilingus
Areopagus
Carrickfergus
cynomolgus
dingus
hallux valgus
Longus
Lycurgus
mystagogus
negus
oesophagus
orange-peel fungus
pemphigus
physiologus
sarcophagus
sargus
tragus
Tungus
vagus

Synonyms and antonyms of bogus in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BOGUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bogus» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of bogus

Translation of «bogus» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BOGUS

Find out the translation of bogus to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bogus from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bogus» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

伪造的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

falso
570 millions of speakers

English

bogus
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फर्जी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وهمية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фальшивкой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

falso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাজে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bidon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Palsu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

falsch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

偽の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

가짜의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Palsu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không có thật
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போலி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बनावट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sahte
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

falso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fałszywy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фальшивкою
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fals
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ψεύτικο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

valse
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bogus
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bogus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bogus

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BOGUS»

The term «bogus» is quite widely used and occupies the 25.754 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BOGUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bogus» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bogus» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bogus

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5 QUOTES WITH «BOGUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bogus.
1
George Hickenlooper
Simon Monjack had nothing to do with 'Factory Girl.' He filed a frivolous lawsuit against us... making bogus claims that we had stolen his script. He held us literally to hostage and we were forced to settle with him as he held our production over a barrel.
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Preneet Kaur
The total bogus voters in Dera Bassi might be several thousand.
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Michelle Malkin
Championing liberty begins at the local level. There is nothing more fundamental than the principle that a man's home is his castle. Donald Trump's career-long willingness to trample this right tells you everything you need to know about his bogus tea party sideshow.
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Robert Reich
Centrism is bogus.
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Diane Wakoski
PC stuff just lowers the general acceptance of good work and replaces it with bogus poetry that celebrates values that in themselves are probably quite worthy.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOGUS»

Discover the use of bogus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bogus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bogus
Ten-year-old Aldo Zelnick has decided it’s fun to be artistic, and when his grandma Goosy gives him a second sketchbook, Aldo fills it with more comic drawings, fun words, and accounts of his extraordinary adventures in everyday life.
Karla Oceanak, 2010
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Bogus to Bubbly: An Insider's Guide to the World of Uglies
PLUS an exclusive look at Scott Westerfeld's first draft of Extras -- starring Hiro, not Aya. And so much more, it's mind-wrecking.
Scott Westerfeld, 2009
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Bill & Ted's bogus journey: a novel
Enterprising high-school students Bill and Ted embark on their second wacky adventure through time
Robert Tine, Chris Matheson, Ed Solomon, 1991
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Bogus U.
When the classical scholar, Phineas Ort, Bogus U.'s first choice for president, disappears, the search committee, persuaded that its university, like most others, is a gangster operation, decides to recruit a hit man to keep the fractious ...
Paul M. Levitt, 2006
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Lighttpd
Installing, compiling, configuring, optimizing, and securing this lightning-fast web server
Andre Bogus, 2008
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Totally Bogus Men II: Social Guide for Younger American Women
But when I read Totally Bogus Men II, Social Guide for Younger American Women, I found out what mistakes I've been making all along. Buy this book and you can too! -Tiffany, Atlanta, Georgia
Chip Bunce, Tony Lolas, 2008
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The Bogus Woman
The country is England. It is 1997. The Bogus Woman was produced at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh in 2000 and at the Bush Theatre, London in 2001.
Kay Adshead, 2001
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Bogus Bride (Mills & Boon Vintage 90s Historical)
He Married The Wrong Sister.
Emily French, 2012
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Bogus Allegations: The Injustice of Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Follow the true story of the spiral down into the justice system where you're considered by everyone to be guilty until proven innocent.
Michelle Lombardi Gesse, 2012
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Why Lawsuits Are Good for America: Disciplined Democracy, ...
The essays featured in The Road to Abolition? track this shift in attitudes toward capital punishment, and consider whether or not the death penalty will ever be abolished in America.
Carl T. Bogus, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOGUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bogus is used in the context of the following news items.
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Lawyer denies role in bogus charges vs Wang Bo to delay deport
THE lawyer of accused crime lord Wang Bo said he was not behind the bogus charges against the Chinese national to delay his deportation on ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
2
Rep. Cummings blasts Politico for running 'bogus leak'
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), the ranking member of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, today ripped the committee and Politico for ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
3
Summer travel consumer alert: Bogus hotel booking sites
... at the time, but going rates were three-to-four times higher than the price the customer had been quoted on the bogus hotel booking website. «Local 10, Jul 15»
4
NYPD allegedly destroyed evidence showing they issued 850000 …
... showed the police and the city lawyers destroyed evidence that would have shown the issued hundreds of thousands of bogus summonses. «The Grio, Jul 15»
5
Warning issued over bogus prosecutor
A Supreme Court prosecutor on Monday issued a warning regarding an unidentified individual who has been telephoning heads of ... «Kathimerini, Jul 15»
6
NBTC warns of bogus NBTC staff trying collect personal documents
BANGKOK, 7 July 2015 (NNT)- TV viewers are being warned against a bogus distribution of digital TV coupons, as the next round has yet to be ... «ThaiVisa News, Jul 15»
7
Rochelle Park police officer nabs ID thief, seizes bogus licenses …
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Rochelle Park police officer intercepted a confessed identity thief who was carrying five driver's licenses with his ... «Cliffviewpilot.com, Jul 15»
8
Woman, 90, has car stolen after being tricked by bogus callers
Woman, 90, has car stolen after being tricked by bogus callers. 15:02, 6 July 2015; By Abigail O'Leary. Three men knocked on the 90-year-old's door and asked ... «Liverpool Echo, Jul 15»
9
Alkaline Water: Beneficial or Bogus?
Over the past five years, alkaline water has become increasingly popular across the United States. Its purified water, processed through a ... «Fox 2 KFXV, Jul 15»
10
Farid Fata, Cancer Doctor Who Gave Chemo To Healthy Patients …
Fata amassed millions from insurance companies and patients by giving bogus cancer diagnosis to healthy patients and letting them undergo ... «Headlines & Global News, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Bogus [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/bogus>. Apr 2024 ».
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