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cheap

adjective · /tʃip/ · Level 1 · Starter

What does cheap mean?

cheap (adjective): low or reduced in price.

Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

How do you use cheap in a sentence?

How do you pronounce cheap?

/tʃip/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.

Where does cheap come from?

As a noun, from Middle English chep, from Old English cēap (“trade, market, value”), from Proto-West Germanic *kaup.

Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What are synonyms of cheap?

What are antonyms of cheap?

Words related to cheap

From Princeton WordNet 3.1.

Test yourself: do you know “cheap”?

Tap an answer to check it. The same questions the app asks.

What does “cheap” mean?

not fake or counterfeit

Not quite: that's what genuine means.

low or reduced in price

Right! That's what “cheap” means.

being of use or service

Not quite: that's what useful means.

wide in extent or scope

Not quite: that's what broad means.

Which word is closest in meaning to “cheap”?

appropriate

Not quite: appropriate means something else.

significant

Not quite: significant means something else.

inexpensive

Right!

independent

Not quite: independent means something else.

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