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  • Definition
    • pretend :the enactment of a pretense
      • it was just pretend

    • 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
      • She's just acting

    • 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

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