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Quick definitions from WordNet (pretend)
▸ noun: the enactment of a pretense ("It was just pretend")
▸ verb: put forward a claim and assert right or possession of ("Pretend the title of King")
▸ verb: state insincerely ("She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber")
▸ verb: represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
▸ verb: behave unnaturally or affectedly
▸ verb: make believe with the intent to deceive
▸ verb: put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation ("I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong")
▸ adjective: imagined as in a play ("Dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish")
▸ Also see pretends
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to pretend
▸ Usage examples for pretend
▸ Popular adjectives describing pretend
▸ Popular nouns described by pretend
▸ Words that often appear near pretend
▸ Rhymes of pretend
▸ Invented words related to pretend
▸ noun: the enactment of a pretense ("It was just pretend")
▸ verb: put forward a claim and assert right or possession of ("Pretend the title of King")
▸ verb: state insincerely ("She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber")
▸ verb: represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
▸ verb: behave unnaturally or affectedly
▸ verb: make believe with the intent to deceive
▸ verb: put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation ("I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong")
▸ adjective: imagined as in a play ("Dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish")
▸ Also see pretends
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to pretend
▸ Usage examples for pretend
▸ Popular adjectives describing pretend
▸ Popular nouns described by pretend
▸ Words that often appear near pretend
▸ Rhymes of pretend
▸ Invented words related to pretend