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: --
She's not really hurt - she's only pretending.
[ + to infinitive ] Were you just pretending to be interested?
[ + (that) ] He pretended (that) he didn't mind, but I knew that he did.
Without pretending to 'cover' this debate in its entirety, we may, nonetheless, note some of its key moments.
And none of them were false either, you know, they didn't come in pretending their kids were angels.
It can be very uncomfortable pretending to be something one is not.
Pretending to be 'just a group of girls', the girl groups invite identification between the audience member and the clique.
Regrettably, the practice of introducing medical students as doctors or pretending that they are doctors is common.
I go through life left-gloved, pretending the mate is in my pocket.
Compare this issue to the problem of how we know whether someone is really smiling or is only pretending to smile.
The angel now plays, pretending this is really what happened.
