pretend meaning
EN
[pɹɪˈtɛnd] [-ɛnd] 
US FR prétend 
- VerbSGpretendsPRpretendingPT, PPpretendedPREpré-SUF-end
- To claim, allege, especially when falsely or as a form of deliberate deception.
- To feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.).
- To lay claim to (an ability, status, advantage, etc.).
- To make oneself appear to do or be doing something; to engage in make-believe.
- (transitive, obsolete) To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.
- (transitive, obsolete) To intend; to design; to plot; to attempt.
- (transitive, obsolete) To hold before one; to extend.
- To claim, allege, especially when falsely or as a form of deliberate deception.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Rome will never so far unpope herself as to part with her pretended supremacy. — Fuller.
- Frida Kahlo wrote that “there was a crowd of insipid blonds pretending to be Indians from Tehuantepec and when they had to dance the zandunga they looked as if they had lead instead of blood.”
- ‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of pretend in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Verbs
- en pretended
- en pretender
- en pretends
- en pretending
- en pretenders
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "pretend" is a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.