Definitions from Wiktionary (pretend)
▸ verb: (intransitive or with 'that' clause or 'to' infinitive) To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.
▸ verb: To engage in make-believe.
▸ verb: (transitive) To feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.).
▸ verb: (intransitive with 'to', formal, originally transitive) To lay claim (to an ability, status, advantage, etc.).
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To hold before one; to extend.
▸ adjective: Not really what it is represented as being; imaginary, feigned.
▸ noun: (childish, informal) The act of engaging in pretend play.
▸ Also see pretend
serves as or pretends to be,
pretends to be,
one who pretends to be ill,
someone who pretends to be someone else,
someone who pretends to be smart,
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▸ verb: (intransitive or with 'that' clause or 'to' infinitive) To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.
▸ verb: To engage in make-believe.
▸ verb: (transitive) To feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.).
▸ verb: (intransitive with 'to', formal, originally transitive) To lay claim (to an ability, status, advantage, etc.).
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To hold before one; to extend.
▸ adjective: Not really what it is represented as being; imaginary, feigned.
▸ noun: (childish, informal) The act of engaging in pretend play.
▸ Also see pretend
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