Pretend Meaning. Yeah Ill miss the boredom and the freedom and the time spent alone. THESAURUS pretend prɪˈtend to deliberately behave as though something is true when it is not either for fun or to deceive someone Mark closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep.
Pretend A game played by children using their imaginations in the absence of material games. Playing out a character in role play. Late 14c pretenden to profess put forward as a statement or assertion maintain.
From PIE root ten- to stretch.
Prɪtend Word forms. Pretend is awesome because you can do anything you want. An example of to pretend is a little girl dressing up like a. THESAURUS pretend prɪˈtend to deliberately behave as though something is true when it is not either for fun or to deceive someone Mark closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep.