pretends
Saypri-TENDZUS/pɹəˈtɛndz/UK/pɹɪˈtɛndz/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of pretend.
The toddler pretends the cardboard box is a spaceship.
Whenever the topic comes up, he pretends to know nothing about it.
Note
The -s form carries every meaning of the verb, so what follows it does the sorting. Before a clause or an infinitive, it means feigning: she pretends the box is a spaceship, he pretends to know nothing. Before to plus a noun, it turns formal and means laying claim: a scholar who pretends to no great learning. In older writing it can also mean intends or plots, a use now obsolete.
pretends is a form of pretend
pretend, verb: To take part in make-believe, acting out imagined situations as a game or for fun. Full entry
- Forms
- pretendpretends he/she/itpretending -ing formpretended past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- pretend → pretends: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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