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src: wikipedia
- Definition
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- pretend :the enactment of a pretense
- pretend :make believe with the intent to deceive
- He feigned that he was ill|He shammed a headache
- pretend :imagined as in a play
- the make-believe world of theater|play money|dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish
- pretend :behave unnaturally or affectedly
- pretend :put forward a claim and assert right or possession of
- pretend the title of King
- pretend :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
- pretend :represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
- She makes like an actress
- 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