purport
verb [T + to infinitive] /pəˈpɔːt/
/pɝːˈpɔːrt/ formalDefinition
› to pretend to be or to do something, especially in a way that is not easy to believe: They purport to represent the wishes of the majority of parents at the school. The study purports to show an increase in the incidence of the disease. The tape recording purports to be of a conversation between the princess and a secret admirer.Seeming and purporting to beFaking and pretendingFaking and pretending
(Definition of purport verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a wolf in sheep's clothing idiom
- affect verb (PRETEND)
- assume verb (PRETEND TO HAVE)
- believe verb
- changeling noun
- charlatan noun
- fake verb (FEELING/ILLNESS)
- fake verb (OBJECT)
- false adjective (NOT TRUE)
- false modesty noun
- falsify verb
- masquerade as sb/sth phrasal verb
- masquerade noun
- massage verb (FACTS/NUMBERS)
- pass sth/sb off as sth/sb phrasal verb
- phoney adjective
- put sth on phrasal verb (PRETEND)
- quackery noun
- sham verb
- simulate verb
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