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pretend
[ pri-tend ]
verb (used with object)
- to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so:
to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong.
Synonyms: , , ,
- to appear falsely, as to deceive; feign:
to pretend to go to sleep.
- to make believe:
The children pretended to be cowboys.
- to presume; venture:
I can't pretend to say what went wrong.
- to allege or profess, especially insincerely or falsely:
He pretended to have no knowledge of her whereabouts.
verb (used without object)
- to make believe.
- to lay claim to (usually followed by to ):
She pretended to the throne.
- to make pretensions (usually followed by to ):
He pretends to great knowledge.
- Obsolete. to aspire, as a suitor or candidate (followed by to ).
adjective
- Informal. make-believe; simulated; counterfeit:
pretend diamonds.
pretend
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verb
- when tr, usually takes a clause as object or an infinitive to claim or allege (something untrue)
- tr; may take a clause as object or an infinitive to make believe, as in a play
you pretend to be Ophelia
- intrfoll byto to present a claim, esp a dubious one
to pretend to the throne
- obsolete.intrfoll byto to aspire as a candidate or suitor (for)
adjective
- fanciful; make-believe; simulated
a pretend gun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of pretend1
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Example Sentences
Wearing shades but no shirt, he proceeds to pretend to throw a chair at Kilmer's head, before jumping out of the trailer into the sunshine and dancing off.
Because even the robber barons were not that bad; at least they endowed some libraries and foundations and fellowships and had some idea of wanting to pretend to some sort of cultural capital.
Then, he pretends to plow past that to the next headline.
Tech support scams happen when fraudsters pretend to be technical support representatives from well-known companies, claiming that your device is compromised.
They set up a pretend version of the store the next day in his bedroom.
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