(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ that something is the case, you act in a way that is intended to make people believe that it is the case, although in fact it is not.
I ~ that things are really okay when they’re not...
Sometimes the boy ~ed to be asleep...
I had no option but to ~ ignorance.
VERB: V that, V to-inf, V n
2.
If children or adults ~ that they are doing something, they imagine that they are doing it, for example as part of a game.
She can sunbathe and ~ she’s in Spain...
The children ~ to be different animals dancing to the music.
VERB: V that, V to-inf
3.
If you do not ~ that something is the case, you do not claim that it is the case.
We do not ~ that the past six years have been without problems for us...
Within this lecture I cannot ~ to deal adequately with dreams.
VERB: with neg, V that, V to-inf