Synonym: act, bluff, fake, feign, make believe, sham. Similar words: pretending, pretence, pretentious, pretentiousness, pretext, excrete, foretell, concrete. Meaning: [prɪ'tend] 
n. the enactment of a pretense. v. 1. make believe with the intent to deceive 2. behave unnaturally or affectedly 3. put forward a claim and assert right or possession of 4. put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation 5. represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like 6. state insincerely. adj. imagined as in a play.
n. the enactment of a pretense. v. 1. make believe with the intent to deceive 2. behave unnaturally or affectedly 3. put forward a claim and assert right or possession of 4. put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation 5. represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like 6. state insincerely. adj. imagined as in a play. 
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61) Let's pretend we're cats.
62) I don't pretend to be an expert on the subject.
63) Why do you pretend you like those boring, arty films? Sentencedict.com
64) Eleanor was wrong to try and pretend otherwise.
65) He would never pretend she was his niece!
66) Who are you to pretend to be giving advice?
67) Pretend that the reader is standing by your desk.
68) To pretend otherwise is to confuse the constitutional position.
69) But I like to pretend otherwise.
70) No messing about, not even pretend messing.
71) Jagatan liked to pretend that his faculties were failing.
72) A proper pop band, not a pretend one.
73) I can't pretend to understand all this.
74) I couldn't even pretend that I wanted them!
75) How dare you pretend to be attracted to me?
76) We pretend to be strong because we are weak. Paulo Coelho 
77) Some will even pretend to ignore it.
78) He liked to pretend that life was simple.
79) We're building a pretend rocket to the moon.
80) No, better to hold her peace and pretend.
81) Let's pretend we live in a cave!
82) She might pretend to listen but she wouldn't hear.
83) To pretend would be despicable - or would it?
84) It makes people feel better to pretend otherwise.
85) Never pretend that the things you haven't got are not worth having. Virginia Woolf
86) Sometimes it's so they can moon around and say how beautiful it all was and pretend they're still lifers there.
87) Even if it is just Pete Schourek rocketing across the outfield so that his loopy boss can pretend to be an innovator.
88) Who's the complete pillock who thinks he can send commercial programs and pretend they're his own?
89) We can't continue to pretend that the problem of homelessness doesn't exist in this city.
90) Oh - and lad: pretend you're interested in him - just for a bit, to start with.
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