pretend
verb (pretend, pretends, pretended, pretending); adjective (pretend — informal, children's: pretend money)
Everyday
- To act as if something is true when it is not, for fun or to trick someone. tree →
- To play a make-believe game: «Let's pretend we're pirates». tree →
- Adjective (informal): not real, make-believe: a pretend shop. tree →
In the lessons
In play: pretend play (role-play) helps imagination — playing house, shop, superheroes. In truth lessons: pretending to be ill to miss school is lying; tricky people online may pretend to be children. In stories: characters pretend to fool someone (the wolf pretended to be Grandma). Phrases: pretend to be, pretend that, let's pretend, pretend play, pretend not to notice.
Examples
- Let's pretend we're astronauts. tree →
- The wolf pretended to be Grandma. tree →
- He pretended to be asleep. tree →
- We played with pretend money in our shop. tree →
- Don't pretend you didn't see it. tree →
- Someone online might pretend to be a child — be careful. tree →
- She pretended not to hear. tree →
- Possums pretend to be dead when they're scared. tree →
- Then she pretended to be asleep again. tree →
Note
Regular verb: pretended. «Pretend to do» or «pretend that…». Pretending in a game is fun; pretending to fool someone in a harmful way is lying. A false friend in some languages: «pretend» in English does not mean «claim a right» or «expect».
In Jewish tradition
In play: pretend play (role-play) helps imagination — playing house, shop, superheroes. In truth lessons: pretending to be ill to miss school is lying; tricky people online may pretend to be children. In stories: characters pretend to fool someone (the wolf pretended to be Grandma). Phrases: pretend to be, pretend that, let's pretend, pretend play, pretend not to notice.
Examples
- I do not pretend to be able to solve this difficult question. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
Note
Regular verb: pretended. «Pretend to do» or «pretend that…». Pretending in a game is fun; pretending to fool someone in a harmful way is lying. A false friend in some languages: «pretend» in English does not mean «claim a right» or «expect».
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «pretend» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «pretend» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «pretend» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «pretend» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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