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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : pri-ten-did |
| Phonetic Transcription : prɪˈtɛn dɪd |
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Définition of pretended
Origin :- mid-15c., "so-called," past participle adjective from pretend (v.).
- adj alleged; imaginary
- She pretended that at first she took young Bines for what we all took him, an employee of the mine.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Her mother laughed merrily, and pretended to box her daughter's ears.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- And he pretended he had got it, and read me such a beautiful letter from his mother!
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- "You've always said she hadn't, and pretended to be glad of it; I won't contradict," I returned.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- I did not love you; I do not think I have pretended to love you.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- She pretended to be a cleaner and mender of lace, but she sold a good many other things.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- Mimi always pretended to be Siegfried's father, and he pretended to love Siegfried.
- Extract from : « Opera Stories from Wagner » by Florence Akin
- As for doing what he asked, she pretended not to have made up her mind.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- But it is pretended that some causes are necessary, some not necessary.
- Extract from : « An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding » by David Hume
- I could never have been of any use, if I had not pretended a little.'
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
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