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pretend ADJ

pretend VB

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pretend not to know VB

pretend not to see VB

pretend to be asleep VB

pretend to be busy VB

pretend to be deaf VB

pretend to be ignorant VB

pretend to be poor VB

pretend to be sleepy VB

pretend to be stupid VB

pretend to be weeping VB

pretend to have forgotten VB

pretend to know VB

pretend to know nothing VB

pretend or claim to be VB (with intent to defraud)

pretend to be a poet VB

be pretend to be smart or skillful VB

pretend to be ill or sick VB

pretend to be inattentive or inadvertent VB

Usage examples with pretend

pretend to be negligent or careless
تَغَافَلَ
pretend to be inattentive or inadvertent
تَغَافَلَ
pretend to be ill or sick
تَضَنّى
be pretend to be smart or skillful
تَحَذْلَقَ
feign illness or sickness pretend to be ill or sick
تَمَارَضَ

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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The couple would pretend to be a bad lounge act.
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It is even more tragic that other world leaders who witness repression pretend it is not happening, or is exaggerated.
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The magic charm turns out to be the handle of her umbrella and his grandma was pretending it all along.
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There are many things worn during schooldays that we'd prefer to pretend never happened -- hippie skirts, hair scrunchies and popper tracksuit bottoms spring to mind.
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The local newspapers cover up for him and pretend the assassination had succeeded.
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He continued to pretend he was unhurt as the whales repeatedly dragged him to the bottom of the stadium pool.
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The word dude (or the now-archaic term greenhorn) indicates an individual unfamiliar with cowboy culture, especially one who is trying to pretend otherwise.
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She pretends to be panicked and rushes away looking upset.
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For instance, mystery shoppers at a restaurant may pretend they are lactose-intolerant, or a clothing store mystery shopper could inquire about gift wrapping services.
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In difficult situations, she likes to pretend she is a movie heroine.
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