pretender
/prɪˈtɛndə/
US pronunciation
American sound/prɪˈtɛndə/
prɪˈtɛndə
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
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- 2nd syllable stress
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- Schwa vowel
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- Final r is pronounced in US English
prɪ - ˈtɛndə -> pretender
Myanmar meaning
(n) ကန့်ကွက်နေသည့်အကြားမှတောင်းဆိုသူ၊အရေးဆိုသူ။ ချင်ယောင်ဆောင်သည်။ ဟိတ်ဟန်ထုတ်သည်။
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၁။ ဟန်ဆောင်သည်။ The time has come to stop pretending! ❍ She pretended (that) she was not at home when we rang the bell. ❍ The children pretended to drive the car. ❍ I don't pretend (ie claim) to know as much about it as he does.
၂။ အယောင်ဆောင်သည်။ …. ချင်ယောင်ဆောင်သည်။ She pretended illness as an excuse. ❍ His pretended concern did not fool me.
❏ pretender n ~ (to sth) (ကန့်ကွက်နေသည့်အကြားမှ) တောင်းဆိုသူ၊ အရေးဆိုသူ။
❏ pretend to sth [PHRV] (fml ) …. ချင်ယောင်ဆောင်သည်။ ဟိတ်ဟန်ထုတ်သည်။ I don't pretend to any great understanding of music.
More examples
- We were never going to make the marriage work, so why pretend?
- [pretend to do something] : She closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.
- [pretend (that)] : I’m sorry, but I can’t just sit back and pretend it hasn’t happened.
- [pretend otherwise] : I know you hate my haircut, so it’s no good pretending otherwise.
- [pretend something] : It was useless to pretend innocence.
- [pretend (that)] : They’re pretending they’re astronauts again.
- [pretend to be someone/something] : The little girl was pretending to be a lion.
- [pretend (that)] : I’m not going to pretend we achieved a lot.
- [pretend to do something] : I don’t pretend to have all the answers.
- [pretend to something] : He’s never pretended to any great knowledge of art.
Synonyms
make believe, imagine, act as if, make up, play, act, affect, allege, assume, assume the role, be deceitful, be hypocritical, beguile, bluff, cheat, claim, claim falsely, counterfeit, cover up, coverup, cozen, deceive, delude, dissemble, dissimulate, dupe, fake, fake out, fakery, false, falsify, fantasize, feign, fictitious, fish, fool, fudge, hoodwink, hypocriticalness, imaginary, imitate, impersonate, invented, jazz, jive, lay claim, let on, made-up, make as if, make out, make out like, make-believe, malinger, masquerade, mimic, mislead, pass off, pass oneself off as, play-act, playact, portray, pose, profess, purport, put on, put on a front, put on airs, put on an act, put up a front, represent, reproduce, sham, shuck and jive, simulate, stonewall, sucker, suppose, whitewash
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