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pre·tend\pri-ˈtend\
•: to act as if something is truewhen it is not true
•: to imagine and act out (a particular role, situation, etc.)
Full Definition
•transitive verb
•1 : to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing<does not pretend to be a psychiatrist>
•2 a : to make believe : feign <he pretended deafness>
b : to claim, represent, or assertfalsely <pretending an emotionhe could not really feel>
•3 archaic : venture, undertake
•intransitive verb
•1 : to feign an action, part, or roleespecially in play
•2 : to put in a claim <cannotpretend to any particularexpertise — Clive Barnes>
•synonyms see assume
Examples
•He had a big stain on his shirt, but I pretended not to notice.
•The children pretended to be asleep.
•She looked like she was enjoying the party but she was just pretending.
Origin: Middle English, fromAnglo-French pretendre, fromLatin praetendere to allege as an excuse, literally, to stretch out, from prae- pre- + tendere to stretch — more at thin.
First use: 15th century
Synonyms: dissemble, dissimulate, let on, make out, make a pretense, make a show, make believe, put on an act, put up a front
2pretend
adjective
•: not real
Full Definition
•1 : imaginary, make-believe <had a pretend pal with whom he talked>
•2 : not genuine : mock <pretendpearls>
•3 : being a nonfunctional imitation<a pretend train for the childrento play in>
Examples
•The children played on a pretend train.
•if you were to see the movie's pretend jewels in real life, you wouldn't be fooled for a minute
First use: 1911
Synonyms: artificial, bogus, dummy, ersatz, factitious, fake, false, faux, imitative, man-made, mimic, mock, imitation, sham, simulated, substitute, synthetic
Antonyms: genuine, natural, real
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