pretend

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.
2. (intransitive, transitive) To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.
3. (intransitive) To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.
4. (formal, intransitive) To lay claim (to an ability, status, advantage, etc.).
5. (obsolete, transitive) To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.
7. (obsolete, transitive) To hold before one; to extend.

Adj

Not really what it is represented as being; imaginary, feigned.

Noun

The act of engaging in pretend play.

Συνώνυμα

feign

simulate

sham

affect

fake

dissemble

make-believe

make believe

assume

act

profess

play

disguise

claim

venture

plead

deceive

impersonate

purport

act as if

pose

simulated

cheat

dare

make

lay claim

delude

take

dupe

show off

allege

imitate

dissimulate

feint

counterfeit

guess

fool

parade

hazard

pseudo

playact

beguile

falsely

move

on purpose

picturing

play-act

portray

presume

role

roleplay

seemingly

set about

set out

show

stake

start

suspected

take for granted

take to

tease

put up a front

undertake

for form’s sake

lay claim to

pass oneself off

pose as

pretend to

speak falsely

find an excuse

adorn oneself

geign

make like

conceal one’s feelings

wear an expression of

make pretence

fein

> muchengedzi

stop

🛑

play with toy

act like

act out

allege as excuse

assert

attempt

be bold

behave

behavior

bluff

break into

cant

carry

complete

conclude

contend

deliberate

end

🔚

endeavour

engage

falsify

fancy

feigned

finish

follow

forge

get down

give as an excuse

humbug

imaginary

imaginativeness

install

intentional

invent

learn

lie

maintain

make as if

make bold

make out

masquerade

misread

mock

Μεταφράσεις

faire semblant

fingir

feindre

vorgeben

vortäuschen

doen alsof

voorwenden

prétendre

veinzen

simuler

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/pɹəˈtɛnd/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Συγγενές με Γαλλικά: prétendre

In summary

From Anglo-Norman pretendre, Middle French pretendre (French prétendre (“to claim, demand”)), from Latin praetendere (“to put forward, hold out, pretend”), from prae- (“pre-”) + tendō (“stretch”); see tend.

Προτάσεις

A child is looking through a pretend telescope on playground equipment in front of a blue sky .

Ένα παιδί κοιτάζει μέσα από ένα τηλεσκόπιο προσποιείται στον εξοπλισμό παιδικής χαράς μπροστά από έναν γαλάζιο ουρανό.