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pre·tend·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigningnoun
the act of giving a false appearance
"his conformity was only pretending"
Wiktionary
pretendingnoun
The act of imagining; make-believe
Webster Dictionary
Pretending
of Pretend
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Pretending
"Pretending" is a song by the Finnish band HIM, released in 2001 as the fifth track from their album Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights. In 2006, "Pretending" was released as a double-single along with "In Joy and Sorrow" on the album Uneasy Listening Vol. 1. "In Joy and Sorrow" is the fifth track on Uneasy Listening Vol. 1 while "Pretending" was an exclusive sixteenth track only available by buying the album from Best Buy. "In Joy and Sorrow"/"Pretending" reached #1 in Finland. The first track on the international release, is a shorter version than the track on the album Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights. The original version is 3:55 while the single version is 3:44.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of pretending in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of pretending in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of pretending in a Sentence
This is a moment I've dreamed about since I've been a kid, running around the backyard pretending to be Doug Flutie, pretending I was throwing Hail Marys to my dad.
I was like, f --- no, uh-uh, i can't pretend. I would be pretending.
In our day the conventional element in literature is elaborately disguised by a law of copyright pretending that every work of art is an invention distinctive enough to be patented.
If the scissors are not used daily on the beard, it will not be long before the beard is, by its luxuriant growth, pretending to be the head.
The Brian Williams story shows that NBC/MSNBC doesn't really have standards, brian Williams made up news and rather than fire Brian Williams, the network just moved Brian Williams and let Brian Williams keep pretending to be a newscaster.
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