1. (noun)
make-believe, pretend
the enactment of a pretense
"it was just pretend"
2. (adj)
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"
5. (verb)
pretend
put forward a claim and assert right or possession of
"pretend the title of King"
6. (verb)
guess, venture, pretend, hazard
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"
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"
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Definition of 'pretend'
