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Uitgebreide synoniemen voor pretending in het Engels

pretending:

pretending bijvoeglijk naamwoord

  1. pretending
    pretending; feigning

pretending [the ~] zelfstandig naamwoord

  1. the pretending
    – the act of giving a false appearance 1
    the pretence; the pretending; the simulation; the feigning; the pretense
    – the act of giving a false appearance 1
    • pretence [the ~] zelfstandig naamwoord, Brits
    • pretending [the ~] zelfstandig naamwoord
      • his conformity was only pretending1
    • simulation [the ~] zelfstandig naamwoord
    • feigning [the ~] zelfstandig naamwoord
    • pretense [the ~] zelfstandig naamwoord, Amerikaans

Verwante woorden van "pretending":


Alternatieve synoniemen voor "pretending":


Verwante definities voor "pretending":

  1. the act of giving a false appearance1
    • his conformity was only pretending1

pretending vorm van pretend:

to pretend werkwoord (pretends, pretended, pretending)

  1. to pretend
    to pretend; to feign; to sham; to do as if
    • pretend werkwoord (pretends, pretended, pretending)
    • feign werkwoord (feigns, feigned, feigning)
    • sham werkwoord (shams, shammed, shamming)
    • do as if werkwoord (does as if, did as if, doing as if)
  2. to pretend
    to play; to pretend; to play-act; to perform; to dramatize; to act; to dramatise
    • play werkwoord (plays, played, playing)
    • pretend werkwoord (pretends, pretended, pretending)
    • play-act werkwoord (play-acts, play-acted, play-acting)
    • perform werkwoord (performs, performed, performing)
    • dramatize werkwoord, Amerikaans (dramatizes, dramatized, dramatizing)
    • act werkwoord (acts, acted, acting)
    • dramatise werkwoord, Brits
  3. to pretend
    to simulate; to feign; to pretend; to do as if
    • simulate werkwoord (simulates, simulated, simulating)
    • feign werkwoord (feigns, feigned, feigning)
    • pretend werkwoord (pretends, pretended, pretending)
    • do as if werkwoord (does as if, did as if, doing as if)
  4. to pretend
    to pretend; to stage; to sham; to do as if; to feign
    • pretend werkwoord (pretends, pretended, pretending)
    • stage werkwoord (stages, staged, staging)
    • sham werkwoord (shams, shammed, shamming)
    • do as if werkwoord (does as if, did as if, doing as if)
    • feign werkwoord (feigns, feigned, feigning)
  5. to pretend
    to pretend; to do as if
    • pretend werkwoord (pretends, pretended, pretending)
    • do as if werkwoord (does as if, did as if, doing as if)
  6. to pretend
    to pretend; think a lot of oneself
  7. to pretend
    – state insincerely 1
    to pretend; to profess
    – state insincerely 1
    • pretend werkwoord (pretends, pretended, pretending)
      • She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber1
      • She pretends to be an expert on wine1
    • profess werkwoord (professes, professed, professing)
      • He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt1
  8. to pretend
    – make believe with the intent to deceive 1
    to affect; to pretend; to sham; to feign; to dissemble
    – make believe with the intent to deceive 1
    • affect werkwoord (affects, affected, affecting)
    • pretend werkwoord (pretends, pretended, pretending)
    • sham werkwoord (shams, shammed, shamming)
      • He shammed a headache1
    • feign werkwoord (feigns, feigned, feigning)
      • He feigned that he was ill1
    • dissemble werkwoord (dissembles, dissembled, dissembling)
  9. to pretend
    – represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like 1
    to make; to pretend; make believe
    – represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like 1
    • make werkwoord (makes, made, making)
      • She makes like an actress1
    • pretend werkwoord (pretends, pretended, pretending)
    • make believe werkwoord
  10. to pretend
    – put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation 1
    to venture; to guess; to pretend; to hazard
    – put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation 1
    • venture werkwoord (ventures, ventured, venturing)
    • guess werkwoord (guesses, guessed, guessing)
      • I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again1
    • pretend werkwoord (pretends, pretended, pretending)
      • I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong1
    • hazard werkwoord (hazards, hazarded, hazarding)
  11. to pretend
    – behave unnaturally or affectedly 1
    to act; to pretend; to dissemble
    – behave unnaturally or affectedly 1
    • act werkwoord (acts, acted, acting)
      • She's just acting1
    • pretend werkwoord (pretends, pretended, pretending)
    • dissemble werkwoord (dissembles, dissembled, dissembling)
  12. to pretend
    – put forward a claim and assert right or possession of 1
    to pretend
    – put forward a claim and assert right or possession of 1
    • pretend werkwoord (pretends, pretended, pretending)
      • pretend the title of King1

Conjugations for pretend:

present
  1. pretend
  2. pretend
  3. pretends
  4. pretend
  5. pretend
  6. pretend
simple past
  1. pretended
  2. pretended
  3. pretended
  4. pretended
  5. pretended
  6. pretended
present perfect
  1. have pretended
  2. have pretended
  3. has pretended
  4. have pretended
  5. have pretended
  6. have pretended
past continuous
  1. was pretending
  2. were pretending
  3. was pretending
  4. were pretending
  5. were pretending
  6. were pretending
future
  1. shall pretend
  2. will pretend
  3. will pretend
  4. shall pretend
  5. will pretend
  6. will pretend
continuous present
  1. am pretending
  2. are pretending
  3. is pretending
  4. are pretending
  5. are pretending
  6. are pretending
subjunctive
  1. be pretended
  2. be pretended
  3. be pretended
  4. be pretended
  5. be pretended
  6. be pretended
diverse
  1. pretend!
  2. let's pretend!
  3. pretended
  4. pretending
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

pretend bijvoeglijk naamwoord

  1. pretend
    – imagined as in a play 1
    pretend; make-believe
    – imagined as in a play 1
    • pretend bijvoeglijk naamwoord
      • dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish1
    • make-believe bijvoeglijk naamwoord
      • the make-believe world of theater1

pretend [the ~] zelfstandig naamwoord

  1. the pretend
    – the enactment of a pretense 1
    the pretend; the make-believe
    – the enactment of a pretense 1
    • pretend [the ~] zelfstandig naamwoord
      • it was just pretend1
    • make-believe [the ~] zelfstandig naamwoord

Verwante woorden van "pretend":


Alternatieve synoniemen voor "pretend":


Verwante definities voor "pretend":

  1. imagined as in a play1
    • dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish1
  2. the enactment of a pretense1
    • it was just pretend1
  3. state insincerely1
    • She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber1
    • She pretends to be an expert on wine1
  4. make believe with the intent to deceive1
  5. represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like1
  6. put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation1
    • I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong1
  7. behave unnaturally or affectedly1
  8. put forward a claim and assert right or possession of1
    • pretend the title of King1