Pretend

Related Terms:

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Definitions:

Noun

make-believe pretend

Definition: the enactment of a pretense; "it was just pretend"

Verb

feign sham pretend affect dissemble

Definition: make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"

dissemble pretend act

Definition: behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting"

pretend

Definition: put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of King"

guess venture pretend hazard

Definition: put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"

make pretend make believe

Definition: represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress"

profess pretend

Definition: state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine"

Definition: To claim, to allege, especially when falsely or as a form of deliberate deception.

Adjective

make-believe pretend

Definition: imagined as in a play; "the make-believe world of theater"; "play money"; "dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish"

Definition: Not really what it is represented as being; imaginary, feigned.