PRETEND — ТЛУМАЧЕННЯ

pretend

The enactment of a pretense. Приклади
  • It was just pretend.
State insincerely. Приклади
  • 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.
Make believe with the intent to deceive. Приклади
  • He feigned that he was ill.
  • He shammed a headache.
Represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like. Приклади
  • She makes like an actress.
Put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation. Приклади
  • I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again.
  • I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong.
Behave unnaturally or affectedly. Приклади
  • She's just acting.
Put forward a claim and assert right or possession of. Приклади
  • Pretend the title of King.
Imagined as in a play. Приклади
  • The make-believe world of theater.
  • Play money.
  • Dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish.
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