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English verb: make believe | |||
| 1. | make believe (communication) represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like | ||
| Samples | She makes like an actress. | ||
| Synonyms | make, pretend | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | act, play, represent | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | go through the motions | ||
| Verb group | affect, dissemble, feign, pretend, sham | ||
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