Definitions for make-believe
make-be·lieve

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. pretense, pretence, make-believenoun

   imaginative intellectual play

2. make-believe, pretendadjective

   the enactment of a pretense

   "it was just pretend"

3. make-believe, pretendverb

   imagined as in a play

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

4. make, pretend, make believeverb

   represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like

   "She makes like an actress"

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Make-believeadjective

   Imaginary; as, the child had a make-believe friend to whom he often talked.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. make-believenoun

   The quality or act of pretending; assuming something is true when in fact one knows it is not.

2. Etymology: From make + believe.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. make-believe

   Make-believe refers to the act of pretending, creating, or imagining something that is not real or true. It often involves inventing characters and scenarios, typically as a form of childhood play, but can also be used in literature, theater, and other creative outlets.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Make-believenoun

   a feigning to believe, as in the play of children; a mere pretense; a fiction; an invention

2. Make-believeadjective

   feigned; insincere

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1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say make-believe in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of make-believe in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of make-believe in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of make-believe in a Sentence

1. Amy Catalano:

   It was amazing, it felt like a movie prop, it looked make-believe almost.

2. Maya MacGuineas:

   The entire process has become one of missed deadlines, make-believe budgets filled with gimmicks and magic asterisks.

3. Jack Sellers:

   Maricopa County Board of Supervisors is done explaining anything to these people who are playing investigator with our constituents' ballots and equipment, paid for with real people's tax dollars. People's ballots and money are not make-believe, maricopa County Board of Supervisors's time to be done with this craziness.

4. Henry David Thoreau, Simplify Simplify:

   Say what you have to say, not what you ought. any truth is better than make-Believe!

5. Michael Douglas:

   Evangeline and Paul, they were all cool, they had their suits on and it’s all make-believe, i said, there’s nothing here, man, there’s nothing here. What are we looking at? And, so you learn all of the tricks of the trade and how to be focused.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=make-believe
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=make-believe
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Make-Believe
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make-believe