MAKE-BELIEVE


Meaning of MAKE-BELIEVE in English

I. ˈmāk-bə-ˌlēv noun

also make-be·lief -ˌlēf

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

II. adjective

Date: 1824

: imaginary , pretended

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.