MAKE-BELIEVE


Meaning of MAKE-BELIEVE in English

Pronunciation: ' m ā k-b ə - ˌ l ē v

Variant: also make-be · lief \ - ˌ l ē f \

Function: noun

Date: 1811

: a pretending that what is not real is real <a fiction writer's childish willingness to immerse himself in make-believe ― John Updike>

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