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How to pronounce “pretending”
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Pronunciation guide for pretending
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of pretending with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Follow the Money
But, we had spent the whole of the 1980s and the early 90's pretending to the financial
- Definition summary
- The act of imagining; make-believe.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce pretending
Follow the Money

But, we had spent the whole of the 1980s and the early 90's pretending to the financial
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “pretending”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- The act of imagining; make-believe.
- [Verb]
- present participle and gerund of pretend
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