pretend
What is the Definition of pretend?
Noun:
- the enactment of a pretense
Verb:
- make believe with the intent to deceive
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- put forward a claim and assert right or possession of
- put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
- represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
- state insincerely
Adjective:
- imagined as in a play
How can I use pretend in a sentence?
I am not saying his heart is not in the right place, said Professor McGonagall grudgingly, but you can not pretend he is not careless.
You can pretend to be waiting for Professor Flitwick, you know.
Don’t pretend that everything is okay if it’s not. - Не притворяйся, что все в порядке, если это не так.
Pretend to break your leg, Hermione suggested.
Dudley yelled between huge, pretend sobs.
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