pretend
/pɹəˈtɛnd/
To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance; To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.; To engage in make-believe; To feign, affect
- he/she/it
- pretends
- past participle
- pretended
Meanings
- 1
To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance
Tom pretended he was listening.
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tom pretended he was asleep.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.; To engage in make-believe
- 3
To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.; To feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.)
- 4
To lay claim (to an ability, status, advantage, etc.)
- 5
To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hiddenrare
- 6
To intend; to design, to plot; to attemptrare
- 7
To hold before one; to extendrare