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verbbehave unnaturally or affectedly
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"it was just pretend"nounthe enactment of a pretense
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verbrepresent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
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"She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber" "She pretends to be an expert on wine"verbstate insincerely
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"dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish"adjectiveimagined as in a play
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verbmake believe with the intent to deceivetype of:
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"I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"verbput forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutationtype of:
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"pretend the title of King"verbput forward a claim and assert right or possession of
Definition that contains pretend
- show pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression
- play pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- play pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- act pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- appearance pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression
- pose pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
- masquerade pretend to be someone or something that you are not
- impersonate pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
- pretense pretending with intention to deceive
- pretence pretending with intention to deceive