Hyphenation of pretend

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word pretend? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of pretend:

1.	The enactment of a pretense It was just pretend
2.	Make believe with the intent to deceive He feigned that he was ill He shammed a headache
3.	Behave unnaturally or affectedly She's just acting
4.	Put forward a claim and assert right or possession of Pretend the title of King
5.	Put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong
6.	Represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like She makes like an actress
7.	State insincerely He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber She pretends to be an expert on wine
8.	Imagined as in a play The make-believe world of theater Play money Dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish

Synonyms of pretend:

adj	make-believe, unreal
noun	make-believe, pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning
verb	feign, sham, affect, dissemble, misrepresent, belie
verb	dissemble, act
verb	claim, lay claim, arrogate
verb	guess, venture, hazard, speculate
verb	make, make believe, act, play, represent
verb	profess, claim

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.