Definition of Pretend

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Pretend

To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.

To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.

To hold out, or represent, falsely; to put forward, or offer, as true or real (something untrue or unreal); to show hypocritically, or for the purpose of deceiving; to simulate; to feign; as, to pretend friendship.

To intend; to design; to plot; to attempt.

To hold before one; to extend.

To put in, or make, a claim, truly or falsely; to allege a title; to lay claim to, or strive after, something; -- usually with to.

To hold out the appearance of being, possessing, or performing; to profess; to make believe; to feign; to sham; as, to pretend to be asleep.

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Pretend Quotations

Al Qaeda is still a threat. We cannot pretend somehow that because Barack Hussein Obama got elected as president, suddenly everything is going to be OK.
Barack Obama

I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.
Winston Churchill

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
Socrates

My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.
Mitch Hedberg

Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
Sun Tzu

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.
Oscar Wilde

Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.
Earl Nightingale

Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.
Alan Watts

But we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of us.
Alan Watts

People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.
Bette Davis

Pretend Translations

pretend in Danish is foregive
pretend in Dutch is voorgeven, voorwenden, doen alsof
pretend in Portuguese is finja

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