- verbpretending (present participle)
- speak and act so as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not:"I closed my eyes and pretended I was asleep" · "she turned the pages and pretended to read"
- engage in a game or fantasy that involves supposing something that is not the case to be so:"children pretending to be grown-ups"
- give the appearance of feeling or possessing (an emotion or quality); simulate:"she pretended a greater surprise than she felt"
- (pretend to)lay claim to (a quality or title):"he cannot pretend to sophistication"
Originlate Middle English: from Latin praetendere ‘stretch forth, claim’, from prae ‘before’ + tendere ‘stretch’. The adjective dates from the early 20th century.
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