Phrase guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
imaginary; conjured in someone's imagination, especially that of a child
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Alternative form of make-believe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
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verb
To pretend or imagine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: childish, idiomatic
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verb
represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: make, pretend
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: act, play, represent
Narrower terms: go through the motions
History
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Across languages
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
