noun. the enactment of a pretense it was just pretend |
verb. make believe with the intent to deceive He feigned that he was ill|He shammed a headache |
verb. behave unnaturally or affectedly She's just acting |
verb. put forward a claim and assert right or possession of pretend the title of King |
verb. 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 |
verb. represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like She makes like an actress |
verb. 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 |
adj. imagined as in a play the make-believe world of theater|play money|dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish |
