Pretend
verb — past tense: pretended ; past participle: pretended ; present participle: pretending ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) (1. To give a false appearance of; feign: "You had to pretend conformity while privately pursuing high and dangerous nonconformism" (Anthony Burgess). 2. To claim or allege insincerely or falsely; profess: doesn't pretend to be an expert. 3. To represent fictitiously in play; make believe: pretended they were on a cruise. 4. To take upon oneself; venture: I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong) ធ្វើជា, ពុតជា, ធ្វើពើ
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- (បច្ចេកទេស) ធ្វើពើ, អះអាងជា
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- (INTRANSITIVE) (1. To feign an action or a character, as in play. 2.To put forward a claim. 3. To make pretensions: pretends to gourmet tastes) pretend to be តាំងខ្លួនជា pretend to (the throne) ទាមទារ, ប្រាថ្នាចង់បាន
ENGLISH MEANING
verb — past tense: pretended ; past participle: pretended ; present participle: pretending ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To hold out, or represent, falsely; to put forward, or offer, as true or real (something untrue or unreal); to show hypocritically, or for the purpose of deceiving; to simulate; to feign; as, to pretend friendship.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To intend; to design; to plot; to attempt.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To hold before one; to extend.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To put in, or make, a claim, truly or falsely; to allege a title; to lay claim to, or strive after, something; -- usually with to.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To hold out the appearance of being, possessing, or performing; to profess; to make believe; to feign; to sham; as, to pretend to be asleep.
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- act, affect, assume, feign, imitate, profess, sham, simulate
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- display, exhibit, expose, reveal