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  • pretend — I UK [prɪˈtend] / US verb Word forms pretend : present tense I/you/we/they pretend he/she/it pretends present participle pretending past tense pretended past participle pretended ** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to behave in a particular way… …   English dictionary

  • pretend — pre|tend1 [ prı tend ] verb ** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to behave in a particular way because you want someone to believe that something is true when it is not: We were never going to make the marriage work, so why pretend? pretend to do… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • pretend — pre|tend1 W3S2 [prıˈtend] v [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: praetendere to stretch out in front, make an excuse , from tendere to stretch ] 1.) [I and T] to behave as if something is true when in fact you know it is not, in order to deceive… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • pretend — [[t]prɪte̱nd[/t]] pretends, pretending, pretended 1) VERB If you pretend that something is the case, you act in a way that is intended to make people believe that it is the case, although in fact it is not. [V that] I pretend that things are… …   English dictionary

  • pretend — ► VERB 1) make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not. 2) engage in an imaginative game. 3) simulate (an emotion or quality). 2) (pretend to) lay claim to (a quality or title). ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ imaginary; make believe …   English terms dictionary

  • pretend — 1 /prI tend/ verb 1 (I, T) to behave as if something is true when in fact you know it is not: We re not really sisters; we were just pretending. | pretend (that): The candidate pretended she had worked for a newspaper before. | pretend to do sth …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Something Happened in Bali — Infobox kdrama/Header title name = Something Happened in Bali size = 200px caption = Screen shot for Something Happened in Bali ko name = 발리에서 생긴 일 ko name trans = Balli eseo Saenggin IlInfobox kdrama genre = Drama producer = Kim Yang network =… …   Wikipedia

  • pretend*/ — [prɪˈtend] verb [I/T] I 1) to behave in a particular way because you want someone to believe that something is true when it is not We were never going to make the marriage work, so why pretend?[/ex] I m sorry, but I can t just pretend it hasn t… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • pretend — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. sham, feign, dissemble, simulate; counterfeit, lie, fake; claim, aver. See falsehood. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To feign] Syn. feign, affect, simulate, claim falsely, profess, make a pretense, imitate,… …   English dictionary for students

  • Something Always Happens — Infobox Film name = Something Always Happens image size = caption = director = Michael Powell producer = Irving Asher writer = Brock Williams narrator = starring = Ian Hunter Nancy O Neil music = cinematography = Basil Emmott editing = Bert Bates …   Wikipedia

  • pretend — [14] To pretend something is etymologically to ‘hold it out’ – as an excuse, or as something it is not. The word comes from Latin praetendere, a compound verb formed from the prefix prae ‘before’ and tendere ‘stretch’ (source of English tend,… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

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