0 present participle of pretend
1 to behave as if something is true when you know that it is not, especially in order to deceive people or as a game:
[ + (that) ] He pretended (that) he didn't mind, but I knew that he did.
[ + to infinitive ] Were you just pretending to be interested?
She's not really hurt - she's only pretending.
Just for a laugh, I pretended that I'd forgotten it was his birthday.
He isn't really angry - he's just pretending.
He even tried to pretend he was a film star's son - can you believe it?
For the overwhelming majority of subjects (92 %, n=48), the preoccupation with becoming an amputee was first manifested by their pretending to be an amputee.
It is no good pretending otherwise, even if your first love is mathematical genetics.
Why go through the charade of pretending to do a play in order to humiliate fellow actors and the playwright?
