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pretend

[ pri-tend ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so:

    to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. to appear falsely, as to deceive; feign:

    to pretend to go to sleep.

  3. to make believe:

    The children pretended to be cowboys.

  4. to presume; venture:

    I can't pretend to say what went wrong.

  5. to allege or profess, especially insincerely or falsely:

    He pretended to have no knowledge of her whereabouts.



verb (used without object)

  1. to make believe.
  2. to lay claim to (usually followed by to ):

    She pretended to the throne.

  3. to make pretensions (usually followed by to ):

    He pretends to great knowledge.

  4. Obsolete. to aspire, as a suitor or candidate (followed by to ).

adjective

  1. Informal. make-believe; simulated; counterfeit:

    pretend diamonds.

pretend

/ 辫谤瑟藞迟蓻苍诲 /

verb

  1. when tr, usually takes a clause as object or an infinitive to claim or allege (something untrue)
  2. tr; may take a clause as object or an infinitive to make believe, as in a play

    you pretend to be Ophelia

  3. intrfoll byto to present a claim, esp a dubious one

    to pretend to the throne

  4. obsolete.
    intrfoll byto to aspire as a candidate or suitor (for)
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. fanciful; make-believe; simulated

    a pretend gun

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of pretend1

First recorded in 1325鈥75; Middle English pretenden, from Latin praetendere 鈥渢o stretch forth, put forward, pretend.鈥 See pre-, tend 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of pretend1

C14: from Latin praetendere to stretch forth, feign, from prae in front + tendere to stretch
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Synonym Study

Pretend, affect, assume, feign imply an attempt to create a false appearance. To pretend is to create an imaginary characteristic or to play a part: to pretend sorrow. To affect is to make a consciously artificial show of having qualities that one thinks would look well and impress others: to affect shyness. To assume is to take on or put on a specific outward appearance, often (but not always) with intent to deceive: to assume an air of indifference. To feign implies using ingenuity in pretense, and some degree of imitation of appearance or characteristics: to feign surprise.
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It later emerged that Jones, then 21, had pretended to be 14 and groomed her into believing she was in a relationship, which became sexual.

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Today, Trump administration officials 鈥渨ant to pretend that we to choose the environment or the economy, but there鈥檚 no evidence that鈥檚 true,鈥 said Goldman, of the Union of Concerned Scientists.

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As former Republican political consultant Mike Madrid put it, yes, we need to walk and chew gum, 鈥渂ut let鈥檚 not pretend that they鈥檙e equal, because they鈥檙e not.鈥

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