to purport
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8.0
- verb
- /pərˈpɔrt/
- Formal
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pretender
- And yet here is an organization that purports to be anti-fascist.
- purport to represent
- purport to offer
- purport to explain
So yeah, we're, we're not the angels that we purport we are to be.
- So yeah, we're, we're not the angels that we purport we are to be.
- It's meant to, it purports to represent the world as it is.
- There are two stories that purport to explain the event.
- They're sending, they're going to, at least they've purported to want to build a moon base.
- Which of these occupations did George's alias Art Vandelay not purport to peddle in?
- The core chapters were a demographic study, which purported to prove what I just heard, thesis.
- I'm not saying that we've ever embodied fully the principles on which we purport to stand.
- Another really key aspect of this is he says it includes everything, or at least it purports to do so, right?
- You know, I don't purport to know how it works, but I know what happened that day.
- Church that purports to love everybody but deeply condemns certain people because of who they love.
Examples
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She purports to be an expert on the subject, yet her arguments lack substantial evidence.
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Recent efforts by the Clinton administration purport to demonstrate a more cogent policy of "engagement" toward China.
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There are two stories that purport to explain the event.
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You purport to know a good deal about my son.
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But we, not some God, purport to be the designers.
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So yeah, we're, we're not the angels that we purport we are to be.
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You know, there is another book that purports to do just that.
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It's meant to, it purports to represent the world as it is.
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Has this House gone once to the people it purports to represent?
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As technology advances, the number of investigative technologies that purport to detect only contraband will increase further.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
∞
2.3
To say something is true, often without proof
497
5.3
To say that something is true without giving proof
89
3.9
To say you know or can do something when you do not
72
5.9
To say you believe or support something, often without meaning it
71
6.9
Give a false story about someone or something to trick people
70
7.2
Pretend to be another person by copying their looks, voice or actions
43
5.3
To show yourself as a certain kind of person to make others think that way
40
7.2
Pretend to feel something, like surprise or interest, to trick other people
27
6.0
To pretend or claim something is true when it is not
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6.9
To pretend to be someone else to hide the truth
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6.9
To make something or someone look real when they are not
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5.0
Pretend to have a quality or feeling
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6.4
To pretend to be or feel something to trick people
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9.9
Pretend to be another person to trick people or act in a role
Antonyms
- Formal
5
7.3
Say officially that you do not have a right, responsibility or part in something
How Assertive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Purport (verb) comes from the same Latin root portare, 'to carry'. To purport to do something is to 'carry' a claim about yourself, so you say you do it or are it even if that may not be true.