eng: pretend

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Meaning
means	(noun) the enactment of a pretense; "it was just pretend" make-believe, pretend
means	(verb) make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" pretend, feign, affect, sham, dissemble
means	(verb) behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting" dissemble, act, pretend
means	(verb) put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of King" pretend
means	(verb) 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, pretend, venture, hazard
means	(verb) represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress" pretend, make, make believe
means	(verb) 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" pretend, profess
means	(adjective) imagined as in a play; "the make-believe world of theater"; "play money"; "dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish" pretend, make-believe