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English to English adjective satellite
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imagined as in a play |  | Example: the make-believe world of theater
play money
dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish
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the enactment of a pretense | | Example: it was just pretend
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make believe with the intent to deceive | | Example: He feigned that he was ill
He shammed a headache
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behave unnaturally or affectedly | | Example: She's just acting
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put forward a claim and assert right or possession of | | Example: pretend the title of King
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put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation | | Example: I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again
I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong
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represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like | | Example: She makes like an actress
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state insincerely | | Example: 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
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To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim. | | source: webster1913
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To put in, or make, a claim, truly or falsely; to allege a title; to lay claim to, or strive after, something; -- usually with to. | | source: webster1913
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