Vi fant 13 definisjoner av pretend på engelsk.
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| pretend - put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of King" | ||
| lay claim, arrogate, claim make undue claims to having | ||
| pretend - make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" | ||
| feign, sham, affect, dissemble | ||
| belie, misrepresent represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions" | ||
| play possum to pretend to be dead | ||
| take a dive pretend to be knocked out, as of a boxer | ||
| bullshit, talk through one's hat, fake, bull speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it" | ||
| mouth articulate silently; form words with the lips only; "She mouthed a swear word" | ||
| pretend - put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong" | ||
| guess, venture, hazard | ||
| speculate to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps" | ||
| forebode, predict, prognosticate, foretell, promise, anticipate, call make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" | ||
| surmise, suspect infer from incomplete evidence | ||
| pretend - represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress" | ||
| make, make believe | ||
| feign, sham, dissemble, affect, pretend make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" | ||
| act, represent, play behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" | ||
| go through the motions pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it; "She isn't really working--she's just going through the motions" | ||
| pretend - behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting" | ||
| dissemble, act | ||
| behave, act, do behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" | ||
| feign, sham, simulate, assume make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" | ||
| pretend - state insincerely; "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" | ||
| profess | ||
| claim take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her" | ||
