Etymology: (1325–75; < L praetendere to stretch forth, put forward, pretend. See pre -, tend1)
Definition of 'Pretend'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (adj)make-believe, pretend the enactment of a pretense "it was just pretend"
2. (verb)make-believe, pretend imagined as in a play "the make-believe world of theater"; "play money"; "dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish"
3. (verb)feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble make believe with the intent to deceive "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
4. (verb)dissemble, pretend, act behave unnaturally or affectedly "She's just acting"
6. (verb)guess, venture, pretend, hazard put forward, of a guess, in spite of possiblerefutation "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"
7. (verb)make, pretend, make believe represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like "She makes like an actress"
8. (verb)profess, pretend 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"
1. (verb)pretend to say or do sth false in order to trickpeople She pretended that she hadn't seen the other girls.; websites pretending to advise you of problems with your bank account; to pretend innocence
2. pretend (of children) to play by imagining sth They pretended they were in outer space.; We don't need costumes, we can just pretend.
3. (adjective)pretend imagined for fun kids driving pretend cars
Definition of 'Pretend'
Webster Dictionary
1. (verb)Pretend to lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim
2. (verb)Pretend to hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden
3. (verb)Pretend to hold out, or represent, falsely; to put forward, or offer, as true or real (something untrue or unreal); to show hypocritically, or for the purpose of deceiving; to simulate; to feign; as, to pretend friendship
4. (verb)Pretend to intend; to design; to plot; to attempt
5. (verb)Pretend to hold before one; to extend
6. (verb)Pretend to put in, or make, a claim, truly or falsely; to allege a title; to lay claim to, or strive after, something; -- usually with to
7. (verb)Pretend to hold out the appearance of being, possessing, or performing; to profess; to make believe; to feign; to sham; as, to pretend to be asleep
Sense: to make believe that something is true, in play Let's pretend that this room is a cave!; Pretend to be a lion!; He wasn't really angry; – he was only pretending.
Definitions of Pretend 
Afrikaans: maak of
Arabic: يَدَّعي أنَّه
Bulgarian: претендирам
Brazilian: fazer de conta
Czech: dělat jako by
German: so tun als ob
Danish: foregive; lade som om
Greek: προσποιούμαι, παριστάνω
Spanish: fingir, simular
Estonian: mängima
Farsi: وانمود کردن
Finnish: leikkiä
French: faire semblant (de, que)
Hebrew: לְשָׂחֵק כְּאִילוּ
Hindi: अभिनय करना
Croatian: pretvarati se
Hungarian: tettet
Indonesian: berpura-pura
Icelandic: þykjast
Italian: fare finta, fingere
Japanese: ～だということにする
Korean: 가정하다
Lithuanian: apsimesti
Latvian: iztēloties; izlikties
Malay: berpura-pura
Dutch: doen alsof
Norwegian: late som om, leke (at), i
Polish: udawać
Persian: وانمود کردن
Pashto: پلمه كول
Portuguese: fazer de conta
Romanian: a-şi închipui; a pretind
Russian: делать вид
Slovak: robiť sa, že
Slovenian: delati se
Serbian: pretvarati se
Swedish: låtsas
Thai: เสแสร้ง
Turkish: numara yapmak, ...-mış gi
Taiwanese: 使信以為真，假裝
Ukrainian: робити вигляд; симулювати
Urdu: بہانہ کرنا
Vietnamese: giả vờ; làm ra vẻ
Chinese: 使信以为真，假装
