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make-believe

/ˈmeɪk.bɪˌliːv/

/ˈmeɪk.bɪˌliv/

make-believenoun

/ˈmeɪk.bɪˌliːv/

/ˈmeɪk.bɪˌliv/

Usually uncountable; also used for an imagined or pretended thing or activity.

Translations

faire-semblantNom employé surtout dans le langage courant et enfantin pour désigner le jeu de l’imagination ou la feinte.

The children were lost in make-believe for hours.

Les enfants ont passé des heures à faire-semblant.

Additional translations

imaginaireEmploi nominal pour désigner quelque chose de non réel ou de prétendu.

Definitions

the activity or practice of pretending or imagining, especially in children's play

The children were lost in make-believe for hours.

something imagined or pretended; something not real

Their peaceful agreement was only make-believe.

Synonyms

make-believe world

pretend play

imaginary world

Antonyms

real life

make-believeadjective

Commonly used attributively before a noun, e.g. make-believe story, make-believe world.

Translations

imaginaireQualifie ce qui est prétendu ou non réel.

She lives in a make-believe world of fairy tales.

Elle vit dans un monde imaginaire de contes de fées.

Additional translations

facticePlus soutenu, pour insister sur le caractère artificiel ou non authentique.

Definitions

imaginary or pretended; not real

She lives in a make-believe world of fairy tales.

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