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{
"term": "pretend",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "pretend",
"heSheIt": "pretends"
},
"pastSimple": "pretended",
"pastParticiple": "pretended",
"ingForm": "pretending"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to behave in a particular way, in order to make other people believe something that is not true",
"sensetop": "pretend to somebody that…pretend (that)…pretend to do somethingpretend something",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'm tired of having to pretend all the time."
},
{
"text": "Of course I was wrong; it would be hypocritical to **pretend otherwise**."
},
{
"text": "He pretended to his family that everything was fine.",
"contextForm": "pretend to somebody that…"
},
{
"text": "We pretended (that) nothing had happened.",
"contextForm": "pretend (that)…"
},
{
"text": "She pretended (that) she was his niece."
},
{
"text": "I pretended to be asleep.",
"contextForm": "pretend to do something"
},
{
"text": "He pretended not to notice."
},
{
"text": "She didn't love him, though she pretended to."
},
{
"text": "She pretended an interest she did not feel."
},
{
"text": "Maria knew he was only pretending."
},
{
"text": "I can't go on pretending any longer."
},
{
"text": "Couldn't you at least pretend to enjoy it?"
},
{
"text": "It would be foolish to pretend that there are no risks involved."
},
{
"text": "It's useless to pretend that we might still win."
},
{
"text": "He pretended to his boss that he'd written the article."
}
],
"topics": ["Personal qualities"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["otherwise", "at least", "just"],
"verb + pretend": ["can no longer", "try to", "be dishonest to"],
"preposition": ["to"],
"phrases": ["go on pretending", "just pretending", "only pretending"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to imagine that something is true as part of a game",
"sensetop": "pretend (that)…",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "They didn't have any real money so they had to pretend."
},
{
"text": "Let’s pretend (that) we’re astronauts.",
"contextForm": "pretend (that)…"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to claim to be, do or have something, especially when this is not true",
"sensetop": "pretend to somethingpretend (that)…pretend to be/do/have something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I can't pretend to any great musical talent.",
"contextForm": "pretend to something"
},
{
"text": "I don’t pretend (that) I know much about the subject, but…",
"contextForm": "pretend (that)…"
},
{
"text": "The book doesn't pretend to be a great work of literature.",
"contextForm": "pretend to be/do/have something"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈtend/",
"audio": "pr/pretend/pretend__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈtendz/",
"audio": "pr/pretend/pretends__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈtendɪd/",
"audio": "pr/pretend/pretended__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈtendɪŋ/",
"audio": "pr/pretend/pretending__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈtend/",
"audio": "pr/pretend/pretend__us_4.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈtendz/",
"audio": "pr/pretend/pretends__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈtendɪd/",
"audio": "pr/pretend/pretended__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈtendɪŋ/",
"audio": "pr/pretend/pretending__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin praetendere ‘stretch forth, claim’, from prae ‘before’ + tendere ‘stretch’. The adjective dates from the early 20th cent."
}