pre·tend /prɪˈtɛnd/
1. the enactment of a pretense; "it was just pretend"
synset: make-believe, pretend
1. make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
synset: feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble
2. behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting"
synset: dissemble, pretend, act
3. put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of King"
synset: pretend
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"
synset: guess, venture, pretend, hazard
5. represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress"
synset: make, pretend, 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"
1. imagined as in a play; "the make-believe world of theater"; "play money"; "dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish"
synset: make-believe, pretend
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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