pretender — meaning in English
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English meaning
- claim verb To state that something is true, often without having proved it yet.
- intend verb To have a plan or purpose in mind to do something.
- mean verb To intend or have in mind as a purpose.
- plan noun A set of intended actions worked out in advance to achieve a goal.
- purport verb To convey, imply, or profess (often falsely or inaccurately).
- pursue verb To follow someone or something in order to catch them.
- seek verb To try to find something.
Senses
pretender is used for these senses in English:
- intend (ambitransitive, usually followed by particle "to" + verb, or "on"/"upon" + noun) To fix the mind upon (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon
- mean (transitive) To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention. [from 8th c.]
- plan (intransitive) To intend.
- purport To intend. [(usually) with to (+ infinitive)]
claim — full definition
- verb To state that something is true, often without having proved it yet.
- verb To formally ask for something you believe you are owed or entitled to.
- noun A statement that something is true, especially one still to be proven.
- noun A formal request for money, property, or a right one believes is owed.