pretend
Meaning of pretend
verb
- To claim, to allege, especially when falsely or as a form of deliberate deception.
- To feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.).
- To lay claim to (an ability, status, advantage, etc.). (originally used without to)
- To make oneself appear to do or be doing something; to engage in make-believe.
- To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.
- To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.
- To hold before one; to extend.
- Not really what it is represented as being; imaginary, feigned.
As children we used to go on "spying" missions around the neighbour's house, but it was all pretend.
Information about pretend
- The plural form of pretend is: pretends.
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Hyphenation of pretend
pre-tend
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- pretend is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
pretend synonyms
Meaning feign:
feign, sham, affect, dissemble
Meaning dissemble:
Meaning guess:
Meaning make:
Meaning profess:
Translation of pretend
- Italian: fingere, simulare, apparire, rivendicare, professare
- Spanish: fingir, pretender, simular, aparentar, disimular
- Portuguese: fingir
- German: vorgeben
- French: prétendre
Anagrams of pretend
Words that rhyme with pretend
tend, obtend, subtend, repetend, contend, foreintend, intend, misintend, precontend, preintend, recontend, reintend, superintend, protend, uptend, bartend, convertend, invertend, obvertend, portend, startend, Ostend, distend, mistend, ostend, overdistend, redistend, stend, undistend, attend, coattend, misattend, reattend, Utend, utend, Hextend, coextend, counterextend, extend, hyperextend, overextend, preextend, superextend
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