What does pretended mean?
Definitions for pretended
prɪˈtɛn dɪdpre·tend·ed
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Princeton's WordNet
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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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 Dictionary
Pretended
of Pretend
Pretendedadjective
making a false appearance; unreal; false; as, pretended friend
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of pretended in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of pretended in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of pretended in a Sentence
Those who claim to discover everything but produce no proofs of the same may be confuted as having actually pretended to discover the impossible.
It was Ryans first time. He was understandably scared. It all happened so fast. Like, REALLY fast. He wept. I pretended to weep. Then he called all his friend [sic]. #voteearly.
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.
Nobody has ever pretended this will be easy. I have always said this negotiation will be tough, complex and at times confrontational.
This whole time they've pretended that they basically don't care about the criticism, but this is a signal they have taken that to heart and they're trying to rebut that perception.
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