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rig

verb · /ɹɪɡ/ · Level 2 · Intermediate

What does rig mean?

rig (verb): arrange the outcome of by means of deceit.

Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.

How do you pronounce rig?

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

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What does “rig” mean?

to come or go back (to a place or person)

Not quite: that's what return means.

use up a period of time in a specific way

Not quite: that's what spend means.

to contain comfortably; to have space for

Not quite: that's what accommodate means.

arrange the outcome of by means of deceit

Right! That's what “rig” means.

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