Examples: it was just pretend
Examples: He feigned that he was ill He shammed a headache
Examples: She's just acting
Examples: pretend the title of King
Examples: I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong
Examples: She makes like an actress
Examples: He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber She pretends to be an expert on wine
Examples: the make-believe world of theater play money dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish
pretend (English)└── pretendre (Anglo-Norman)
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