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— English words —

• pretend v. To claim, to allege, especially when falsely or as a form of deliberate deception.
• pretend v. To feign, affect (A state, quality, etc.).
• pretend v. To lay claim to (An ability, status, advantage, etc.). (originally used without to)
• pretend v. To make oneself appear to do or be doing something; to engage in make-believe.
• pretend v. (Transitive, obsolete) To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to…
• pretend v. (Transitive, obsolete) To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.
• pretend v. (Transitive, obsolete) To hold before one; to extend.
• pretend adj. Not really what it is represented as being; imaginary, feigned.
• pretend n. (Childish, informal) the act of engaging in pretend play.

— English words, defined in German —

• pretend V. Vorgeben, vortäuschen, vorschützen, vorheucheln, so tun als ob.
• pretend V. Sich verstellen, heucheln.
• pretend V. Anspruch erheben.

— English words, defined in French —

• pretend v. Feindre, simuler, faire semblant de, faire mine de, affecter de, faire comme si.
• pretend v. (Vieilli) Prétendre.

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• pretend v. Fingir, pretender.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• pretend v. Fingir.

— In French —

• prétend v. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de prétendre.

63 English words from 9 English definitions

ability act advantage affect allege appear attempt before being believe Childish claim cloak deception deliberate design disguise doing else engage engaging especially etc extend falsely feign feigned for form forward hold imaginary informal intend lay lay␣claim make make␣believe Not Not␣really obsolete one oneself originally play plot pretend put put␣forward quality really represented something something␣else state status the Transitive used what what␣it␣is when without

8 English words from 8 foreign definitions

affecter als faire mine pretender semblant Sich tun

25 foreign words from 8 foreign definitions

als␣ob Anspruch comme comme␣si erheben faire␣comme␣si faire␣mine faire␣semblant Feindre Fingir heucheln indicatif personne présent prétendre simuler singulier Troisième Troisième␣personne verstellen Vieilli Vorgeben vorheucheln vorschützen vortäuschen

25 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

pretends pretended pretender pretendin' pretendant pretendent pretenders pretendest pretendeth Pretendian pretending pretendants pretendedly pretendence pretendents Pretendians pretendings pretendress pretendences pretendingly Pretendolino pretendership pretendresses pretenderships pretendingness

7 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

outpretends unpretended outpretended unpretending outpretending unpretendingly unpretendingness

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

outpretend

15 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

end End -end end- pre pre- pret. Prete ret Ret. rete ten TEN tend 'tend

12 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

DNE ERP net Net NET .NET ter TER ter- terp Terp 'terp

12 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

parented potender prætend prenoted pretends pretuned Prudente repented repetend sprented Top␣Ender trepaned

11 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

enter'd entred Pender Pendre perted rented repent tender tendre terped terpen

4 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

prebend prehend prepend protend

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

prætend

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