ALL meanings of pretend
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P p - verb with object pretend to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so: to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong. 1
- verb with object pretend to appear falsely, as to deceive; feign: to pretend to go to sleep. 1
- verb with object pretend to make believe: The children pretended to be cowboys. 1
- verb with object pretend to presume; venture: I can't pretend to say what went wrong. 1
- verb with object pretend to allege or profess, especially insincerely or falsely: He pretended to have no knowledge of her whereabouts. 1
- verb without object pretend to make believe. 1
- verb without object pretend to lay claim to (usually followed by to): She pretended to the throne. 1
- verb without object pretend to make pretensions (usually followed by to): He pretends to great knowledge. 1
- verb without object pretend Obsolete. to aspire, as a suitor or candidate (followed by to). 1
- adjective pretend Informal. make-believe; simulated; counterfeit: pretend diamonds. 1
- intransitive verb pretend act as if 1
- intransitive verb pretend act like 1
- intransitive verb pretend imagine, playact 1
- transitive verb pretend dissimulate 1
- adjective pretend not real 1
- abbreviation PRETEND playacting 1
- intransitive verb pretend claim 1
- verb pretend If you pretend that something is the case, you act in a way that is intended to make people believe that it is the case, although in fact it is not. 0
- verb pretend If children or adults pretend that they are doing something, they imagine that they are doing it, for example as part of a game. 0
- verb pretend If you do not pretend that something is the case, you do not claim that it is the case. 0
- verb pretend to claim or allege (something untrue) 0
- verb pretend to make believe, as in a play 0
- verb pretend to present a claim, esp a dubious one 0
- verb pretend to aspire as a candidate or suitor (for) 0
- adjective pretend fanciful; make-believe; simulated 0
- verb transitive pretend to claim; profess; allege 0
- verb transitive pretend to claim or profess falsely; feign; simulate 0
- verb transitive pretend to make believe, as in play 0
- intransitive verb pretend to lay claim 0
- intransitive verb pretend to make believe in play or in an attempt to deceive; feign 0
- adjective pretend make-believe 0