to make believe (that)
11make-believe — 1) N UNCOUNT (disapproval) If someone is living in a make believe world, they are pretending that things are better, different, or more exciting than they really are instead of facing up to reality. The man lived in a make believe world… …
12Make Believe Stories — The Make Believe Stories series, begun in 1918 under the pseudonym of Laura Lee Hope (best known for the Bobbsey Twins series), consisted of 12 books. The final book was published in 1923, while the series continued to be printed in different… …
13Make Believe (Song) — Infobox Single Name = Make Believe Artist = Sibel Redzep from Album = The Diving Belle Released = flagicon|Sweden July 2008 Format = Download Recorded = 2008 Genre = Pop, Power Ballad Length = 03.36 Label = Warner/Warner/Chappel Writer = Steve… …
14make-believe — 1. noun that was sheer make believe Syn: fantasy, pretense, daydreaming, imagination, invention, fancy, dream, fabrication, play acting, dreaming in technicolor, charade, masquerade, dress up Ant: reality 2. adjective …
15make believe — act as if something is true while one knows that it is not, pretend The children were playing make believe and pretended that they lived in a castle …
16make believe — imaginary or invented. I had to explain to Sam that it was only make believe and that they weren t real monsters …
17make-believe — UK / US noun [uncountable] the activity of pretending that something is real or that a situation is better than it really is Derived word: make believe UK / US adjective …
18make-believe — I. noun also make belief Date: 1811 a pretending that what is not real is real < a fiction writer s childish willingness to immerse himself in make believe John Updike > II. adjective Date: 1824 imaginary, pretended …
19make believe — 1. verb To pretend or imagine. Lets build a fort out of chairs and blankets and make believe we are pirates. 2. noun The act of pretending that what is imaginary is real. 3. adjective …
20make-believe — noun (U) a state of imagining or pretending that something is real: She told me her parents are millionaires, but it s all just make believe …
