İngilizce-Türkçe-Almanca sözlük

1. benzetmek, taklit etmek; pretend to the throne tahtta hak iddia etmek, sayrımsamak, iddiada bulunmak, pretend to be a scholar bilginlik taslamak, pretend illness yalandan hasta olmak; f, yalandan yapmak, yapar gibi görünmek, taslamak.
2. yapar gibi görünme. n.yapar gibi görünme:v.yapar gibi görün:prep.yapar.
3. yapar gibi görünme.
4. yalandan.

Etymology : Middle English, from Latin praetendere to allege as an excuse, literally, to stretch out, from prae- pre- + tendere to stretch; more at THIN
Pronunciation : pri-'tend
Function : verb
Date : 15th century

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1. feigning, putting on a false appearance, making believe. pretending the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending" [syn: pretense, pretence, simulation, feigning].
2. To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.
3. To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.
4. To hold out, or represent, falsely; to put forward, or offer, as true or real ; to show hypocritically, or for the purpose of deceiving; to simulate; to feign; as, to pretend friendship.
5. To intend; to design; to plot; to attempt.
6. To hold before one; to extend.
7. To put in, or make, a claim, truly or falsely; to allege a title; to lay claim to, or strive after, something; usually with to.
8. To hold out the appearance of being, possessing, or performing; to profess; to make believe; to feign; to sham; as, to pretend to be asleep. put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of King".