Word Finder - pretend

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To claim, to allege, especially when falsely or as a form of deliberate deception.

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To feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.).

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To lay claim to (an ability, status, advantage, etc.). (originally used without to)

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To make oneself appear to do or be doing something; to engage in make-believe.

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To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.

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To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.

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To hold before one; to extend.

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Not really what it is represented as being; imaginary, feigned.

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As children we used to go on "spying" missions around the neighbour's house, but it was all pretend.

I used to pretend when I was young.

Just pretend it's a really dry martini.

You need to pretend you know what to do, even if you don't.

You can pretend it's blood.

You could pretend to use the toilet and see if he's all right.

She wasn't able to pretend to be okay.

Should I pretend this is the last day of my life?

Pretend like you're an actress, like Toni.

Pretend to fit in.

She could pretend she didn't know who he was for a while.

I pretend like I know what's right and wrong, but I don't.

There was no reason to pretend she liked the choice.

I wear it too, when I'm alone, and pretend that we are one forever.

So you could pretend it didn't bother you?

You are like me, too broken to pretend not to be.

It began with a glance as we passed each other the first time, a smile the next two or three laps, and then a pretend rest stop.

She could almost pretend nothing occurred.

Jenn resisted the urge to leave, wanting to pretend things were as normal as possible between them.

Do we return her and pretend we don't know or keep her where they can't get her?

Let's pretend like it is, just for now.

The first thing the little humbug did was to produce a tiny white piglet from underneath his hat and pretend to pull it apart, making two.

Perhaps if I pretend Jerome doesn't exist, he really won't!

Carmen was a straight forward person, and didn't pretend she was something she wasn't.

He may want to be and pretend he is but he isn't.

He could pretend to concentrate on the board while his mind clearly drifted somewhere else.

It seems weird, and I'd totally feel like the loser I pretend not to be if you have to take me with you.

A pretend skeleton someone put there to scare you?

Let's pretend you had a dream where you died, Death said.

If they had, why stick around and pretend otherwise?

Finally she answered, "Let's just pretend."

It suited the promoters of that movement to pretend that they started a new era.

And so, in stating this business, I do pretend to have done as much for the proportion as for the ellipsis, and to have as much right to the one from Mr Hooke and all men, as to the other from Kepler; and therefore on this account also he must at least moderate his pretences.

Some football uniforms are meant for pretend play, not the rough play that occurs on the field.

I told him I'd pretend I found the bones to let him off the hook.

He'll carry you over the threshold and pretend to fall to the floor.

She wasn't certain she could pretend, with the heat in her blood.

I don't pretend to understand the alchemy that inspires an audience to chase after one film sight unseen, and not another.

But men have the bravado to pretend they know all about it.

There are also people who pretend to be artistic who are doing just complete bullshit.

Pretend there is a spectrum of jobs from the best in the world down to the worst and everyone agrees on the order.

The company offers a wide selection of gear for pretend play.

All that is recorded, in any literature, of what pretend to be the actual words spoken by living or imaginary people is of the nature of dialogue.

I'm not usually, just to the idiots who pretend to be drunk and are so obnoxious.

It is easy to play the ostrich and pretend that the disaster that is waiting to happen is a figment of imagination.

He had to pretend to be drunk in order to allay the suspicions which might have been aroused by his appearance at the gate.

Pretend to be different kinds of animals, and move as the animals would move.

If you really want to eat for two, pretend that one of the two is tiny creature that doesn't actually need much sustenance from you.

There's usually no real tea served, but kids like to pretend with other beverages such as water, punch or milk.

Like all Fisher Price toys, the Bat Cave is durable and will last through many years of pretend play.

Sock puppets provide lots of pretend play and the opportunity to get creative.