pretend
adjective/prɪˈtend/
/prɪˈtend/
[usually before noun] (informal) often used by children- not real, imaginary
- pretend cakes
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin praetendere ‘stretch forth, claim’, from prae ‘before’ + tendere ‘stretch’. The adjective dates from the early 20th cent.
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