Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not genuine or sincere; feigned.
- adjective Supposed; alleged.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Making a false appearance; unreal; false.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
pretend .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective adopted in order to deceive
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Examples
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By the way, several readers have had a thought about "community organizer," which some Dems have pretended is code for "black."
The Corner 2008
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Melas in his despatch spoke of what he called our pretended army of reserve with inconceivable contempt, and alluded to the presence of Bonaparte in Italy as a mere fabrication.
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various
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Melas in his despatch spoke of what he called our pretended army of reserve with inconceivable contempt, and alluded to the presence of Bonaparte in Italy as a mere fabrication.
The Memoirs of Napoleon Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de 1836
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Melas in his despatch spoke of what he called our pretended army of reserve with inconceivable contempt, and alluded to the presence of Bonaparte in Italy as a mere fabrication.
Memoirs of Napoleon — Complete Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne 1801
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Melas in his despatch spoke of what he called our pretended army of reserve with inconceivable contempt, and alluded to the presence of Bonaparte in Italy as a mere fabrication.
Memoirs of Napoleon — Volume 05 Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne 1801
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No, they may laugh, they may smile at what they call his pretended sanctity, but in truth he is no hypocrite.
Stories for the Young Or, Cheap Repository Tracts: Entertaining, Moral, and Religious. Vol. VI. Hannah More 1789
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Upon learning that Dwayne is a rapper, Palin pretended to recognize someone in the distance and excused herself.
Bunmi Zalob: The Answers Google Instant Search Can't Give You But I Can Bunmi Zalob 2010
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Upon learning that Dwayne is a rapper, Palin pretended to recognize someone in the distance and excused herself.
Bunmi Zalob: The Answers Google Instant Search Can't Give You But I Can Bunmi Zalob 2010
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Upon learning that Dwayne is a rapper, Palin pretended to recognize someone in the distance and excused herself.
Bunmi Zalob: The Answers Google Instant Search Can't Give You But I Can Bunmi Zalob 2010
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McCain pretended he had answering and left folks hanging hoping they vote for him to hear is resolutions ...
CNN Poll: Most Americans say Palin not qualified to serve as president 2009
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