English Dictionary
◊ PRETEND
pretend
adj : imagined as in a play; "the make-believe world of theater";
"play money"; "dangling their legs in the water to
catch pretend fish" [syn: {make-believe}, {play(a)}]
v 1: make believe; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a
headache" [syn: {feign}, {sham}, {affect}, {dissemble}]
2: behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting" [syn:
{dissemble}, {act}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN PREPEND?
prepend
/pree'pend'/ (by analogy with "append") To prefix or
add to the beginning.
[{Jargon File}]
(1998-04-23)