Definition of "pretending" []

• The act of imagining; make-believe (noun)
• Present participle of pretend. (verb)

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• "The trio is just too good to describe in their performance in game six as they waylaid the title pretending L.A. Lakers headed by Kobe Bryant."
• "Nah, "pretending" is right; folks who make arguments under the assumption that people are making carefully thought out, rational decisions in this area are probably aware that it isn't so."
• "Harold had younger women throwing themselves at him (well, at least his mother was throwing them at him), but he was only interested in pretending to kill himself in front of them."