ækt əˈfɛkt feɪn ˈhæzɚd ˈhazəd

pɹɪˈtɛnd pɹɪˈtɛnd pɹəˈfɛs ˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ ˈvɛn.t͡ʃə the enactment of a pretense it was just pretend 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 make believe with the intent to deceive He feigned that he was ill He shammed a headache represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like She makes like an actress 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 behave unnaturally or affectedly She's just acting imagined as in a play the make-believe world of theater dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish put forward a claim and assert right or possession of pretend the title of King