Pretend
21pretend — 1. verb 1) they just pretend to listen Syn: make as if, profess, affect; dissimulate, dissemble, put it on, put on a false front, go through the motions, sham, fake it 2) I ll pretend to be the dragon Syn …
22pretend — /prəˈtɛnd / (say pruh tend) verb (t) 1. to put forward a false appearance of; feign: to pretend illness. 2. to venture or attempt falsely (to do something). 3. to allege or profess, especially insincerely or falsely. –verb (i) 4. to make believe …
23pretend*/ — [prɪˈtend] verb [I/T] I 1) to behave in a particular way because you want someone to believe that something is true when it is not We were never going to make the marriage work, so why pretend?[/ex] I m sorry, but I can t just pretend it hasn t… …
24pretend — v. & adj. v. 1 tr. claim or assert falsely so as to deceive (pretend knowledge; pretended that they were foreigners). 2 tr. imagine to oneself in play (pretended to be monsters; pretended it was night). 3 tr. a profess, esp. falsely or… …
25pretend — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. sham, feign, dissemble, simulate; counterfeit, lie, fake; claim, aver. See falsehood. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To feign] Syn. feign, affect, simulate, claim falsely, profess, make a pretense, imitate,… …
26pretend — 1. verb 1) they pretend to listen Syn: make as if, act like, affect, go through the motions, fake it 2) I ll pretend to be the dragon Syn: make believe, play at, act, impersonate 2 …
27pretend — verb a) To claim, allege, assert, contend, declare. Dont pretend you didnt know about this! b) to claim that or act as if something is different from what it actually is, often incorrectly and knowingly See Also: pretender …
28pretend — Synonyms and related words: act, act a part, adopt, affect, aim to, allege, appropriate, arrogate, assume, attempt, attempt to, avow, bluff, challenge, claim, counterfeit, cover up, dare, dare to, dissemble, dissimulate, do a bit, dramatize,… …
29pretend — [14] To pretend something is etymologically to ‘hold it out’ – as an excuse, or as something it is not. The word comes from Latin praetendere, a compound verb formed from the prefix prae ‘before’ and tendere ‘stretch’ (source of English tend,… …
30pretend to — lay claim to (a quality or title). → pretend …
