Definition: Pretend Meaning in English to Urdu is بننا, as written in Urdu and Banna, as written in Roman Urdu. There are many synonyms of Pretend which include Act, Affect, Allege, Assume, Beguile, Bluff, Cheat, Claim, Counterfeit, Cozen, Deceive, Delude, Dissemble, Dissimulate, Dupe, Feign, Fish, Fool, Fudge, Hoodwink, Impersonate, Jazz, Jive, Malinger, Masquerade, Mislead, Sham, Simulate, Stonewall, Sucker, Whitewash, Make Out, Purport, Put On, Let On, Profess, Pass Off, Be Deceitful, etc.
intransitive v
. To put in, or make, a claim, truly or falsely; to allege a title; to lay claim to, or strive after, something; -- usually with to.
intransitive v
. To hold out the appearance of being, possessing, or performing; to profess; to make believe; to feign; to sham.
transitive v
. To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.
transitive v
. To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.
transitive v
. To hold out, or represent, falsely; to put forward, or offer, as true or real (something untrue or unreal); to show hypocritically, or for the purpose of deceiving; to simulate; to feign.
transitive v
. To intend; to design; to plot; to attempt.
transitive v
. To hold before one; to extend.
Form
Verb (used With Object)
How To Spell Pretend
[pri-tend]
Origin of Pretend
Late Middle English: from Latin praetendere ‘stretch forth, claim’, from prae ‘before’ + tendere ‘stretch’. The adjective dates from the early 20th century.
Urdu Meaning
Find the correct meaning of Pretend in Urdu, it is important to understand the word properly when we translate it from English to Urdu.
There are always several meanings of each word in Urdu, the correct meaning of Pretend in Urdu is بننا, and in roman we write it Banna.
The other meanings are Zahirdari Karna, Banna, Jhoota Daawa Karna and Bahana Karna.
Pretend is an verb (used with object) according to parts of speech.
It finds its origins in Late Middle English: from Latin praetendere ‘stretch forth, claim’, from prae ‘before’ + tendere ‘stretch’.
The adjective dates from the early 20th century.
There are also several similar words to Pretend in our dictionary, which are Act, Affect, Allege, Assume, Beguile, Bluff, Cheat, Claim, Counterfeit, Cozen, Deceive, Delude, Dissemble, Dissimulate, Dupe, Feign, Fish, Fool, Fudge, Hoodwink, Impersonate, Jazz, Jive, Malinger, Masquerade, Mislead, Sham, Simulate, Stonewall, Sucker, Whitewash, Make Out, Purport, Put On, Let On, Profess, Pass Off and Be Deceitful.
Apart from similar words, there are always opposite words in dictionary too, the opposite words for Pretend are Deny, Reveal, Tell Truth and Be Honest.
Pretend is spelled as [pri-tend].
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بننا
Pretend