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make-believe

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Definition of make-believe

noun

[mass noun]
  • the action of pretending or imagining that things are better than they really are:she’s living in a world of make-believe

adjective

  • imitating something real:he was firing a make-believe gun at the spy planes

verb

[no object]
  • pretend; imagine: you can make-believe you’re swimming out in the crystal clear waters of the Mediterranean

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Definition of make-believe in the US English dictionary