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Definition of masquerade verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

masquerade

verb
 
/ˌmæskəˈreɪd/,
 
/ˌmɑːskəˈreɪd/
 
/ˌmæskəˈreɪd/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they masquerade
 
/ˌmæskəˈreɪd/,
 
/ˌmɑːskəˈreɪd/
 
/ˌmæskəˈreɪd/
he / she / it masquerades
 
/ˌmæskəˈreɪdz/,
 
/ˌmɑːskəˈreɪdz/
 
/ˌmæskəˈreɪdz/
past simple masqueraded
 
/ˌmæskəˈreɪdɪd/,
 
/ˌmɑːskəˈreɪdɪd/
 
/ˌmæskəˈreɪdɪd/
past participle masqueraded
 
/ˌmæskəˈreɪdɪd/,
 
/ˌmɑːskəˈreɪdɪd/
 
/ˌmæskəˈreɪdɪd/
-ing form masquerading
 
/ˌmæskəˈreɪdɪŋ/,
 
/ˌmɑːskəˈreɪdɪŋ/
 
/ˌmæskəˈreɪdɪŋ/
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  1. masquerade as something to pretend to be something that you are not
    • commercial advertisers masquerading as private individuals
    • (figurative) The local paper is full of gossip masquerading as news.
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French mascarade, from Italian mascherata, from maschera ‘mask’.
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