make believe

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make believe

verb makes believe · making believe · made believe

  1. childish, idiomatic To pretend or imagine. Let's make believe that we are explorers.

    Similar: make pretend

noun make believes

  1. alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of make-believe

adjective more make believe · most make believe

  1. Imaginary; conjured in someone's imagination, especially that of a child.

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verb to pretend

Españolhacer de cuenta
Portuguêsfazer de conta
Françaisimaginer
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@misc{make_believe_2026,
  title = {make believe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/make%20believe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}