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pretend
[ pri-tend ]
verb (used with object)
- to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so:
to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong.
Synonyms: , , ,
- to appear falsely, as to deceive; feign:
to pretend to go to sleep.
- to make believe:
The children pretended to be cowboys.
- to presume; venture:
I can't pretend to say what went wrong.
- to allege or profess, especially insincerely or falsely:
He pretended to have no knowledge of her whereabouts.
verb (used without object)
- to make believe.
- to lay claim to (usually followed by to ):
She pretended to the throne.
- to make pretensions (usually followed by to ):
He pretends to great knowledge.
- Obsolete. to aspire, as a suitor or candidate (followed by to ).
adjective
- Informal. make-believe; simulated; counterfeit:
pretend diamonds.
pretend
/ 辫谤瑟藞迟蓻苍诲 /
verb
- when tr, usually takes a clause as object or an infinitive to claim or allege (something untrue)
- tr; may take a clause as object or an infinitive to make believe, as in a play
you pretend to be Ophelia
- intrfoll byto to present a claim, esp a dubious one
to pretend to the throne
- obsolete.intrfoll byto to aspire as a candidate or suitor (for)
adjective
- fanciful; make-believe; simulated
a pretend gun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of pretend1
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Example Sentences
You can effectively pretend that all the things you are doing are no longer political choices, they're just the inevitable physical consequences of the market system, which covers absolutely all possible things.
This failure to fulfill a promise, and then pretend that it was not made, could not have helped Biden鈥檚 electoral fortunes and those of Kamala Harris and the Democrats in the 2024 election.
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.
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.
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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