| VERB | communication | make believe, make, pretend | represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like |
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| Meaning | represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Synonyms | make, pretend | |
| Narrower | go through the motions | pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it |
| Broader | act, play, represent | Play a role or part |
| Similar to | feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble | make believe with the intent to deceive / deceive |
| Spanish | pretender | |
| Nouns | make-believe | the enactment of a pretense |
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