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MOK/mɒk/

A mock is a practice exam: sit a mock; mock results; mock interviews. As a verb, mock means make unkind fun of someone. Mock can also mean imitation (mock leather). Do not mock a classmate’s accent — that is the unkind verb. Schools run mocks in the spring before GCSEs or A-levels.

Meaning

A practice exam (a mock); as a verb, to laugh at someone in an unkind way.

Examples

• “She sat her mock exams in March, three months before the real ones.”
• “Her mock scores were lower than the real exam, which is common.”
• “He mocked the way she spoke, which is the unkind verb, not a practice test.”

Good to know

sit / take a mock (exam); mock interview. Verb: make unkind fun. Imitation: mock leather. Keep the exam and insult senses apart.

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