pretend
معنی فارسی
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معنی کامل و مثالها
/prē tend´/vt., vi., adj.
● وانمود کردن، خود را زدن (به چیزی)، تظاهر کردن، لافیدن
to pretend ignorance
خود را به نادانی زدن
she pretended anger
خود را عصبانی نشان داد.
he pretends to be religious
او تظاهر به مذهبی بودن میکند.
she pretended to be asleep
خودش را به خواب زد.
children were pretending to be astronauts
(در بازی) بچهها وانمود میکردند که فضانورد هستند.
● مدعی بودن یا شدن، داعیه داشتن
to pretend to the throne
مدعی تاج و تخت بودن
● (عامیانه) ساختگی، بدلی، دروغین
pretend jewelry
جواهر بدلی
● ریاکردن، سالوس کردن، تزویر کردن
تعریف انگلیسی
- make believe with the intent to deceive “He feigned that he was ill” “He shammed a headache” “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s something” “Somebody ----s that CLAUSE” “Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE”
- behave unnaturally or affectedly “She's just acting” “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s” “Somebody ----s something”
- put forward a claim and assert right or possession of “pretend the title of King” “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s something”
- put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation “I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again” “I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong” “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s something” “Somebody ----s that CLAUSE”
- represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like “She makes like an actress” “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s that CLAUSE” “Somebody ----s PP (for: make)”
- state insincerely “He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt” “She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber” “She pretends to be an expert on wine” “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s something” “Somebody ----s that CLAUSEIII” “the make-believe world of theater” “play money” “dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish”
مترادفها
I. verb active
1. Feign, affect, simulate, counterfeit, sham.
2. Lay claim to, claim, allege a title to.
II. verb neuter
1. Make believe, make a show, profess, feign, sham.
2. Strive after, lay claim to.