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/prɪˈtend/ 
| present tense | |
| I/you/we/they | pretend |
| he/she/it | pretends |
| present participle | pretending |
| past tense | pretended |
| past participle | pretended |
We were never going to make the marriage work, so why pretend?
She closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.
I'm sorry, but I can't just sit back and pretend it hasn't happened.
I know you hate my haircut, so it's no good pretending otherwise.
It was useless to pretend innocence.
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