pretend – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
מילים נרדפות: feigning,
pretence,
simulation,
pretending,
pretense,
belie,
misrepresent,
lay claim,
claim,
arrogate,
speculate,
play,
act
pretend
adj.
simulated, feigned, make-believe
v.
present a false image or appearance; impersonate; act in a role; claim, assert
Pretending
Pretending or
Pretend may refer to:
- Role-playing, refers to the changing of one's behaviour to assume a role, either unconsciously to fill a social role, or consciously to act out an adopted role
- "Pretending" (Al Sherman song), a 1946 song with music and lyrics by Al Sherman and Marty Symes
- "Pretending" (Eric Clapton song), a 1989 rock song written and composed by Jerry Lynn Williams
- "Pretending" (HIM song), a song by the Finnish band HIM released in 2001
- "Pretending" (Glee song), a song from US tv series Glee
- "Pretend" (song), a 1952 popular song, written by Lew Douglas, Cliff Parman, and Frank Levere
- "Pretend" (Tinashe song), a 2014 song by Tinashe featuring ASAP Rocky
- "Pretend", a song by Cheri Dennis from In and Out of Love
- "Pretend", a song by Lights from The Listening
- Pretending (film), known as Ugly Me in the U.S., 2006 Chilean romantic comedy film
pretend
Noun
1. the enactment of a pretense; "it was just pretend"
(synonym) make-believe
(hypernym) pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning
(derivation) make, make believe
Verb
1. make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
(synonym) feign, sham, affect, dissemble
(hypernym) misrepresent, belie
(hyponym) play possum
(verb-group) make, make believe
(derivation) imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player
2. behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting"
(synonym) dissemble, act
(hyponym) simulate, assume, sham, feign
(verb-group) act, behave, do
(derivation) imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player
3. put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of King"
(hypernym) claim, lay claim, arrogate
(derivation) Pretender
4. 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"
(synonym) guess, venture, hazard
(hypernym) speculate
(hyponym) predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
5. represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress"
(synonym) make, make believe
(hypernym) act, play, represent
(hyponym) go through the motions
(verb-group) feign, sham, affect, dissemble
(derivation) make-believe
6. 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"
(synonym) profess
(hypernym) claim
Adjective
1. imagined as in a play; "the make-believe world of theater"; "play money"; "dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish"
(synonym) make-believe
(similar) unreal
prétendre
v.
claim, allege, say, contend; set up, profess; have the face to
pretender
v.
purport, pretend; profess, allege, claim
