Definitions for pretended
prɪˈtɛn dɪdpre·tend·ed

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, shamadjective

   adopted in order to deceive

   "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"

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1. pretended

   Pretended generally refers to the act of making something appear to be true or real when it is not, often with the intention to deceive or mislead. It can also mean behaving in a way that is intended to make others believe something that is not true, such as simulating feelings, actions or motives.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pretended

   of Pretend

2. Pretendedadjective

   making a false appearance; unreal; false; as, pretended friend

How to pronounce pretended?

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 pretended in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pretended in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pretended in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of pretended in a Sentence

1. John Gay:

   An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretended friend is worse.

2. Jasen Dixon:

   We had a little zombie figure and threw him in the pond and we thought we needed to take a picture of it and post it on my buddy (Dustin Smith’s) Facebook page, he pretended he was camping at East Fork and ran across a body frozen in the ice. We messed with people and everyone was falling for it.

3. Alexei Pushkov:

   They pretended... Only 20 percent of their (U.S. led coalition) operations produced results, 80 percent of them did not lead to bombardments, they returned to base for different reasons.

4. Patty Jenkins:

   I want it to move to the next generation of women, and inspired the next generation of women, there is some visceral identity that people have with the character that I played, because they went in their backyards and they pretended to be her. We share that goddess within, maybe, and I enjoy hearing those stories. So I don’t really tire of it.

5. Jacques Derrida:

   To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pretended
2. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pretended