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"2": "prétendre",
"3": "",
"4": "to claim, demand"
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"4": "put forward, hold out, pretend"
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"etymology_text": "From Anglo-Norman pretendre, Middle French pretendre (French prétendre (“to claim, demand”)), from Latin praetendere, present active infinitive of praetendō (“put forward, hold out, pretend”), from prae- (“pre-”) + tendō (“stretch”); see tend.",
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{
"ref": "1983 October 31, Genesis, “That's All”, in Genesis",
"text": "But I love you / More than I wanted to / There's no point in trying to pretend",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2009 April 13, “Vanity publishing”, in The Economist",
"text": "I have nothing but contempt for people who hire ghost-writers. But at least most faux authors have the decency to pretend that they are sweating blood over \"their\" book.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To claim, to allege, especially when falsely or as a form of deliberate deception."
],
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"links": [
[
"claim",
"claim#Verb"
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[
"allege",
"allege"
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[
"falsely",
"falsely"
],
[
"deliberate",
"deliberate"
],
[
"deception",
"deception"
]
],
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{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "voorgee"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "mëtoj"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "iddaʕā",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "اِدَّعَى"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "zaʕama",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "زَعَمَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "prykidácca",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прыкіда́цца"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "prykídvacca",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прыкі́двацца"
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{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "prykínucca",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "прыкі́нуцца"
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{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dávam vid",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "да́вам вид"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "fingir"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "fer veure"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "假裝"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǎzhuāng",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "假装"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "佯裝"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yángzhuāng",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "佯装"
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{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "předstírat"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "foregive"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "voorwenden"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "doen alsof"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "veinzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "pretenderen"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "hipokriti"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "teeskennellä"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "prétendre"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "finxir"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "vorgeben"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "prätendieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "vortäuschen"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "loottiissa"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "näyttää"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "fingere"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"alt": "...のふりをする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "...no furi o suru",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "...の振りをする"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"alt": "みせかける",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "misekakeru",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "見せ掛ける"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"alt": "よそおう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yosōu",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "装う"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "finji"
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{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "-n/-neun/-eun/-in chehada",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "ㄴ/는/은/인 체하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "-n/-neun/-eun/-in cheokhada",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "ㄴ/는/은/인 척하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "simulo"
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{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "fingo"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "lut",
"lang": "Lushootseed",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "ʔiw̓adəb"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "berlagak"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "berpura-pura"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "udawać"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "fingir"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "preface"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "pretinde"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "délatʹ vid",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "де́лать вид"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sdélatʹ vid",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сде́лать вид"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pritvorjátʹsja",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "притворя́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pritvorítʹsja",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "притвори́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prikídyvatʹsja",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прики́дываться"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prikínutʹsja",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"perfective"
],
"word": "прики́нуться"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "leig air"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "predstierať"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "fingir"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "låtsas"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "magkunwari"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "kandırmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "üç kağıda getirmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "uydurmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "udaváty",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "удава́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vdaváty",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вдава́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 2 22 1 7 2 3",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "giả vờ"
}
]
},
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{
"ref": "2007 October 29, The Guardian, London",
"text": "Gap and other clothes manufacturers should stop using small subcontractors because they are difficult to control. Instead, they should open up their own fully-owned production facilities so that they cannot pretend ignorance when abuses are committed.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.)."
],
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"affect",
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"_dis1": "2 80 5 2 6 3 2",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to feign",
"word": "voorgee"
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{
"_dis1": "2 80 5 2 6 3 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prestrúvam se",
"sense": "to feign",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "престру́вам се"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 80 5 2 6 3 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to feign",
"word": "voorgeven"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 80 5 2 6 3 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to feign",
"word": "teeskennellä"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 80 5 2 6 3 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to feign",
"word": "tekeytyä"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 80 5 2 6 3 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "prospoioúmai",
"sense": "to feign",
"word": "προσποιούμαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 80 5 2 6 3 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to feign",
"word": "tettet"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 80 5 2 6 3 2",
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "to feign",
"word": "finji"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 80 5 2 6 3 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to feign",
"word": "whakataruna"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 80 5 2 6 3 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to feign",
"word": "forstille"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 80 5 2 6 3 2",
"code": "om",
"lang": "Oromo",
"sense": "to feign",
"word": "fakkeessuu"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 80 5 2 6 3 2",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to feign",
"word": "magkunwari"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 80 5 2 6 3 2",
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "naṭi",
"sense": "to feign",
"word": "நடி"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 80 5 2 6 3 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to feign",
"word": "numara yapmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 80 5 2 6 3 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to feign",
"word": "rol yapmak"
}
]
},
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"_dis": "17 5 13 8 43 3 5 2 4",
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{
"ref": "1682, John Dryden, The Medal",
"text": "Chiefs shall be grudged the part which they pretend.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.25",
"text": "People observed the diversity of schools and the acerbity of their disputes, and decided that all alike were pretending to knowledge which was in fact unattainable.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To lay claim to (an ability, status, advantage, etc.). (originally used without to)"
],
"id": "en-pretend-en-verb-0wNh0kAo",
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"lay claim",
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"_dis1": "18 2 71 1 4 2 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pretendíram",
"sense": "to lay claim to",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "претенди́рам"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 2 71 1 4 2 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to lay claim to",
"word": "teeskennellä"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 2 71 1 4 2 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to lay claim to",
"word": "prétendre à"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2003 January 23, Duncan Campbell, The Guardian, London",
"text": "Luster claimed that the women had consented to sex and were only pretending to be asleep.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make oneself appear to do or be doing something; to engage in make-believe."
],
"id": "en-pretend-en-verb-eU78ejla",
"links": [
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"appear",
"appear"
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[
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[
"make-believe",
"make-believe"
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"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 2 3 86 4 2 1",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to make oneself appear to do something",
"word": "voorgee"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 3 86 4 2 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "taẓāhara",
"sense": "to make oneself appear to do something",
"word": "تَظَاهَرَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 3 86 4 2 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prestrúvam se",
"sense": "to make oneself appear to do something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "престру́вам се"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 3 86 4 2 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "simulíram",
"sense": "to make oneself appear to do something",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "симули́рам"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 3 86 4 2 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make oneself appear to do something",
"word": "fer veure"
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
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"sense": "to allege falsely",
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{
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"sense": "to allege falsely",
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{
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dávam vid",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "да́вам вид"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "fingir"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "fer veure"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "假裝"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǎzhuāng",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "假装"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "佯裝"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yángzhuāng",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "佯装"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "předstírat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "foregive"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "voorwenden"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "doen alsof"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "veinzen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "pretenderen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "hipokriti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "teeskennellä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "prétendre"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "finxir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "vorgeben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "prätendieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "vortäuschen"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "loottiissa"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "näyttää"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "fingere"
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"alt": "...のふりをする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "...no furi o suru",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
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"alt": "みせかける",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "misekakeru",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "見せ掛ける"
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{
"alt": "よそおう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yosōu",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "装う"
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{
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "finji"
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "-n/-neun/-eun/-in chehada",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "ㄴ/는/은/인 체하다"
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "-n/-neun/-eun/-in cheokhada",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "ㄴ/는/은/인 척하다"
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "simulo"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "fingo"
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{
"code": "lut",
"lang": "Lushootseed",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "ʔiw̓adəb"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "berlagak"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "berpura-pura"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "udawać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "fingir"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "preface"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "pretinde"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "délatʹ vid",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "де́лать вид"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sdélatʹ vid",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "сде́лать вид"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pritvorjátʹsja",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "притворя́ться"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pritvorítʹsja",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"tags": [
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"word": "притвори́ться"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prikídyvatʹsja",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "прики́дываться"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prikínutʹsja",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
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"word": "прики́нуться"
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{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "leig air"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "predstierať"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "fingir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "låtsas"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "magkunwari"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "kandırmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "üç kağıda getirmek"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "uydurmak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "udaváty",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "удава́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vdaváty",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вдава́ти"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to allege falsely",
"word": "giả vờ"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to feign",
"word": "voorgee"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prestrúvam se",
"sense": "to feign",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "престру́вам се"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to feign",
"word": "voorgeven"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to feign",
"word": "teeskennellä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to feign",
"word": "tekeytyä"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "prospoioúmai",
"sense": "to feign",
"word": "προσποιούμαι"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to feign",
"word": "tettet"
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"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "to feign",
"word": "finji"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to feign",
"word": "whakataruna"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to feign",
"word": "forstille"
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{
"code": "om",
"lang": "Oromo",
"sense": "to feign",
"word": "fakkeessuu"
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to feign",
"word": "magkunwari"
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{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "naṭi",
"sense": "to feign",
"word": "நடி"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to feign",
"word": "numara yapmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to feign",
"word": "rol yapmak"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pretendíram",
"sense": "to lay claim to",
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"perfective"
],
"word": "претенди́рам"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to lay claim to",
"word": "teeskennellä"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to lay claim to",
"word": "prétendre à"
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{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to make oneself appear to do something",
"word": "voorgee"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "taẓāhara",
"sense": "to make oneself appear to do something",
"word": "تَظَاهَرَ"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prestrúvam se",
"sense": "to make oneself appear to do something",
"tags": [
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"word": "престру́вам се"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "simulíram",
"sense": "to make oneself appear to do something",
"tags": [
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"word": "симули́рам"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make oneself appear to do something",
"word": "fer veure"
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to make oneself appear to do something",
"word": "komedii"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make oneself appear to do something",
"word": "teeskennellä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make oneself appear to do something",
"word": "olla tekevinään"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make oneself appear to do something",
"word": "feindre"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make oneself appear to do something",
"word": "faire semblant"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make oneself appear to do something",
"word": "so tun, als ob"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make oneself appear to do something",
"word": "tun, als ob"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make oneself appear to do something",
"word": "nur so tun"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make oneself appear to do something",
"word": "spielen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "present participle + stellen",
"sense": "to make oneself appear to do something"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to make oneself appear to do something",
"word": "þykjast"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make oneself appear to do something",
"word": "fare finta"
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{
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "to make oneself appear to do something",
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"code": "mi",
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make oneself appear to do something",
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"code": "mi",
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"code": "tl",
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"word": "magkunwari"
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"word": "far credere"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to make-believe",
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"the act of engaging in pretend play."
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"links": [
[
"childish",
"childish"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(childish, informal) the act of engaging in pretend play."
],
"tags": [
"childish",
"informal",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pɹəˈtɛnd/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɹiˈtɛnd/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɹɪˈtɛnd/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛnd"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-pretend.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d2/En-us-pretend.ogg/En-us-pretend.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/En-us-pretend.ogg",
"tags": [
"General-American"
],
"text": "Audio (GA)"
}
],
"word": "pretend"
}
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