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cheat code en · NOUN

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Meanings

1. A line of text or series of commands which can be used to change a game's behavior, alter a character's looks and abilities, skip levels, or access other hidden features.
   • Got more patience than a tree grow / Got love that feels like a cheat code 2023, “Practice”, in Water Made Us, performed by Jamila Woods ft. Saba:
2. (figuratively) A way to accomplish something that bypasses some of the usual hard work; shortcut, lifehack, or advantage.
   • Global agreements also focus on technology sharing—think of it as countries passing around the best cheat codes for fighting climate change. 2024, Alisha Chandran, “Global Agreements – A Game of Diplomacy”, in Beyond the Forecast: The Science, Impact, and Opportunity of Our Climate Crisis, [Bradford, West Yorkshire]: Ethics International Press Ltd, →ISBN, page 73:
   • This gem of a book is a gathering of life’s cheat codes, put together with girls in mind. 2021, Suzie Lavington, Andy Cope, A Girl’s Guide to Being Fearless: How to Find Your Brave, Chichester, West Sussex: Capstone, Wiley, →ISBN, back cover:
   • How did the other folks make it? It’s not necessarily because they’re smarter. It’s not automatically that they know more than I do. It’s not because they’re more clever. It’s that they found the cheat codes or knew somebody who knew somebody. 2021, Luvvie Ajayi Jones, “Trust Where You Are”, in The Fear-Fighter Manual: Lessons from a Professional Troublemaker, London: Quercus Editions Ltd, →ISBN:
   • Once you discover all the ins and outs of your mind, you basically have the cheat code to your game of life. 2017, Lilly Singh, How to Be a Bawse, A Guide to Conquering Life:

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Descendants

чит-код · чит

Relateds

one weird trick · cheap trick

Translations (7)

yue 金手指 (series of commands which can be used to change a game's behavior) · cmn 作弊碼 /作弊码 (series of commands which can be used to change a game's behavior) · es clave fullera (series of commands which can be used to change a game's behavior) · cmn 秘籍 (series of commands which can be used to change a game's behavior) · pt trapaça (series of commands which can be used to change a game's behavior) · pt macete (series of commands which can be used to change a game's behavior) · cmn 秘笈 (series of commands which can be used to change a game's behavior)