Meaning of pretend | Babel Free

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1. The act of engaging in pretend play.
   childish, informal, uncountable
2. Imitation; make-believe: pretend money; pretend pearls.
3. Informal. Made to imitate something else:artificial, imitation, manmade, mock, simulated, synthetic.
4. (an) act of pretending. Under the pretence of friendship, he persuaded her to get into his car. voorwendsel تَظاهُر، زَعْم، إدِّعاء претенция fingimento záminka die Vortäuschung foregivelse προσποίηση, πρόσχημα, πρόφασηpretexto ettekääne تظاهر teeskentely prétexte הַעֲמַדָת פָּנִים कपट, दावा, बहाना pod izlikom prijateljstva, tobože iz prijateljstva megjátssza, hogy ... kepura-puraan uppgerð, látalæti simulazione, pretesto 見せかけ 속이기, 가장 apsimetimas iztēlošanās; izlikšanās; maskēšanās sifat suka...
5. acts or behaviour intended to deceive. He got the money under false pretences. voorwendsel تَصَرُّفات خَدّاعَه измама meios fraudulentos falešné důvody unter Vorspiegelung falscher Tatsachen falske forudsætninger ψευδείς ισχυρισμοί fraude, estafa pettus بهانه های دروغین vilpillisesti moyens frauduleux תוֹך הִתחָזוּת धोखा देने वाले कार्य lažni navodi, tobožnji razlozi csalárd fondorlat tindakan mengecoh svik, falskar forsendur raggiri, (dichiarazioni false) 偽りの口実 사기죄 apgaulė viltus; krāpšana t...
6. pretender, fingir, aparentar.
7. To give a false appearance of; feign: "You had to pretend conformity while privately pursuing high and dangerous nonconformism" (Anthony Burgess).
8. To claim or allege insincerely or falsely: doesn't pretend to be an expert.
9. To represent fictitiously in play; make believe: pretended they were on a cruise.
10. To take upon oneself; venture: I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong.
11. To feign an action or character, as in play.

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Examples

“We used to dress up in our grandparents' old clothes and play pretend.”

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