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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

  1. verb To state that something is true, often without having proved it yet.
  2. verb To formally ask for something you believe you are owed or entitled to.
  3. noun A statement that something is true, especially one still to be proven.
  4. noun A formal request for money, property, or a right one believes is owed.

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