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pretend

/prɪ'tɛnd/

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verb
behave unnaturally or affectedly
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act dissemble
noun
the enactment of a pretense
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"it was just pretend"

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make-believe

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simulation pretence feigning pretending pretense
verb
represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
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make make believe

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act represent play
verb
state insincerely
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"She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber" "She pretends to be an expert on wine"

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profess

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claim
adjective
imagined as in a play
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"dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish"

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make-believe unreal
verb
make believe with the intent to deceive
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affect dissemble feign sham

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misrepresent belie
verb
put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
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"I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"

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guess hazard venture

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speculate
verb
put forward a claim and assert right or possession of
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"pretend the title of King"

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arrogate claim lay claim

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