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pretend
verb(pre-tend)
behave unnaturally or affectedly
Synonyms: act, dissemble,
pretend
noun(pre-tend)
the enactment of a pretense
Synonyms: make-believe,
Examples:
It was just pretend.
pretend
verb(pre-tend)
represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
Synonyms: make, make believe,
pretend
verb(pre-tend)
state insincerely
Synonyms: profess,
Examples:
She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber.
She pretends to be an expert on wine.
pretend
adjective(pre-tend)
imagined as in a play
Synonyms: make-believe,
Examples:
Dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish.
pretend
verb(pre-tend)
make believe with the intent to deceive
Synonyms: affect, dissemble, feign, sham,
pretend
verb(pre-tend)
put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
Synonyms: guess, hazard, venture,
Examples:
I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong.
pretend
verb(pre-tend)
put forward a claim and assert right or possession of
Examples:
Pretend the title of King.

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