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    [Verb]  | "pre*tend" | \ pri-ˈtend \


    1: to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing

    2: to make believe : feign

    3: to claim, represent, or assert falsely


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English pretenden "to claim (to be), profess to have, feign oneself to be, proffer, intend, propose," borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French pretendre "to lay claim to, allege in court pending proof," borrowed from Latin praetendere "to hold or stretch out, put forward as a pretext, allege in excuse, show deceptively," from prae- {see: |pre-|pre-} + tendere "to extend outward, stretch, spread out" {mat|tender:3|};

    [Adjective]  | "pretend" 


    1: imaginary, make-believe

    2: not genuine : mock

    3: being a nonfunctional imitation


    Origin: 1708 ;

     Derivative of {see: |pretend:1|pretend:1};

    [Idiom]  | "pretend to (something)" 


    1: to claim that one has (something, such as a quality or ability) —usually used in negative statements

    [Verb]  | "pretend" 


    1: to take on a false or deceptive appearance;


      * e.g., " ... I pretended that I didn't care that my ex had a new man in her life "



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    2: to present a false appearance of;


      * e.g., " ... as if I would ever pretend illness just to take off a day from work "



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    [Adjective]  | "pretend" 


    1: being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials;


      * e.g., " ... if you were to see the movie's pretend jewels in real life, you wouldn't be fooled for a minute "





    2: not real and existing only in the imagination;


      * e.g., " ... it's just a pretend gun, so please pretend that I got you and play dead "





     [ "pretend" ]

    1: pre·tned Audio pronunciation of "pretned" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (prt-ned)

      * e.g.,  ...  To give a false appearance of (in l33t); feign: You had to pretned you w3rn't a reral n00b  


     [ "pretend" ]

    2: v. pre·tned·end, pre·tned·ning, pre·tnedzor

      * e.g.,  ...  To claim or allege insincerely or falsely (in l33t); prof3ss: doesn't pretned t0 be l33t. 


     [ "pretend" ]

    3: v. tr.

      * e.g.,  ...  To represent not reral in play (in l33t); make believe: pretneded they were settin' up da bomb. 

     [ "Pretendance" ]

    1: Signing into an online meeting in order to appear in attendance and engaged, when in fact you are doing other things.

      * e.g.,  ... Rick had perfect pretendance at the weekly sales meetings this month. 

     [ "Pretend" ]

    1: When your friend name zac wants you to lie.

      * e.g.,  ... You: Hey Zac! What’s up? 

     [ "pretendation" ]

    1: my friend made up this word, it means the state of pretending something.

      * e.g.,  ... (taken from a real MSN conversation) 

     [ "Pretender" ]

    1: A woman who initially attempts to give men the impression that she is a prude and does not indulge in casual sex, but behind closed doors, she is very kinky and more than willing to engage in short-term, non-monogamous 'casual' sex with a man.

      * e.g.,  ... Do you know Linda? Linda is a Pretender and a Closet Freak. When she is at church, she behaves as if she will not have sex unless she's married, but if she is attracted to you, she will have sex with you the same night you first make her acquaintance. I hate women who are Pretenders. They act all innocent, wholesome, and sexually conservative in public, then later you find out that they have videos of themselves participating in an orgy. I love seducing women who are Pretenders. When you talk dirty to them, at first they act offended ... but then minutes later, they will usually let you know that your erotic dirty talk has them turned on. They love to present a prudish façade to men in order to prevent being labeled a "slut" or a promiscuous whore 

     [ "pretender" ]

    1: Hilary Duff, Avril, Kevin Federline and More.

      * e.g.,  ... Oh my god...How the hell did those Pretenders get famous?! 

     [ "Pretend" ]

    1: A game played by children using their imaginations in the absence of material games. Contrary to popular belief, Pretend came before role-playing games, fucker.

      * e.g.,  ... Pretend is awesome because you can do anything you want. 

     [ "Not Pretending" ]

    1: A sarcastic phrase popularized by AdmiralBulldog and his circus of clowns, he calls MegaCucks. Usually used to exhibit bewilderment and disdain against someone's actions or thoughts. This can be a response to somebody when you don't know if they are "pretending" to be dumb. It can be an affirmation of someone's stupidity. Can be synonymous with replying to somebody who is being deadass wrong. In other words, the feeling you get when you thought someone's actions or words were a joke but they were not.

      * e.g.,  ... John: Wow! Can you believe that Jeffery Ebstein killed himself?! 

     [ "Pretend" ]

    1: What most people in the world do. They smile at people/neighbors/coworkers they hate, they pretend to be joking or kidding with people they want dead, and they pretend to fight allies to try and convince their enemies that they are on opposite sides (for show). Most people would rather come to someone indirectly with a smile before they kill them than directly with their true intentions toward the other person, with no pretense or guile.

      * e.g.,  ... He/she knew how to pretend, which anybody could do really, but he/she wasn't too good at direct emotional honesty even at his/her most straightforward times. 

     [ "pretendous" ]

    1: (adj) Ridiculously expensive

      * e.g.,  ... "This electricity bill is pretendous!" - the King of Town 


     [ "pretendous" ]

    2: Comes from a word used on homestarrunner.com.

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