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  2. believing or imagining things that appear to be attractive or exciting, but are not real: The ideal of a perfectly fair society is just make-believe. He lives in a world of make-believe/make-believe world. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

    • Make-Believe

      the activity of pretending that something is real:...

  3. You use make-believe to describe things, for example in a play or film, that imitate or copy something real, but which are not what they appear to be. In the video, he danced down a make-believe street.

  4. The meaning of MAKE-BELIEVE is a pretending that what is not real is real. How to use make-believe in a sentence.

  5. Make-believe definition: pretense, especially of an innocent or playful kind; playacting; fantasy. See examples of MAKE-BELIEVE used in a sentence.

  6. 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.

  7. What does the word make-believe mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the word make-believe , one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

  8. the activity of pretending that something is real: Disneyland creates a world of make-believe. (Definition of make-believe from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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