pretend
🇺🇸
/prɪˈtend/
🇬🇧
/prɪˈtend/
verb
B1
to act like something is true when it is not
She will pretend to be asleep when her mom checks on her.
B1
to imagine something is true for fun or in a game
Let's pretend we are superheroes saving the city.
R
to say you are something or can do something when you cannot
He cannot pretend to know everything about the subject.
adjective
R
not real, made up for play
The children made pretend food from clay.
translation
to act like something is true when it is not; to imagine something is true for fun or in a game; to say you are something or can do something when you cannot
not real, made up for play
Word Forms
3rd Present
pretends
Past
pretended
Perfect
pretended
Progressive
pretending