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pretend::verb | Spocien Dictionary

pretend
verb
/prɪ'tɛnd/
behave unnaturally or affectedly
Type Words
Synonyms act, dissemble
Has types sham, feign, assume, simulate
Verb group act, do, behave
Derivation pretender

pretend::noun | Spocien Dictionary

pretend
noun
/prɪ'tɛnd/
the enactment of a pretense
Type Words
Synonyms make-believe
Type of simulation, pretence, feigning, pretending, pretense


it was just pretend.

pretend::verb | Spocien Dictionary

pretend
verb
/prɪ'tɛnd/
represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
Type Words
Synonyms make, make believe
Type of act, represent, play
Has types go through the motions
Verb group dissemble, affect, sham, feign

pretend::verb | Spocien Dictionary

pretend
verb
/prɪ'tɛnd/
state insincerely
Type Words
Synonyms profess
Type of claim


She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber.
She pretends to be an expert on wine.

pretend::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

pretend
adjective
/prɪ'tɛnd/
imagined as in a play
Type Words
Synonyms make-believe


dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish.

pretend::verb | Spocien Dictionary

pretend
verb
/prɪ'tɛnd/
make believe with the intent to deceive
Type Words
Synonyms affect, dissemble, feign, sham
Type of misrepresent, belie
Has types take a dive, mouth, talk through one's hat, play possum, fake, bull, bullshit
Verb group make believe, make
Derivation pretender, pretending, pretense

pretend::verb | Spocien Dictionary

pretend
verb
/prɪ'tɛnd/
put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
Type Words
Synonyms guess, hazard, venture
Type of speculate
Has types foretell, anticipate, call, forebode, predict, prognosticate, promise, surmise, suspect


I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong.

pretend::verb | Spocien Dictionary

pretend
verb
/prɪ'tɛnd/
put forward a claim and assert right or possession of
Type Words
Type of arrogate, claim, lay claim
Derivation pretension, pretender, pretense


pretend the title of King.
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