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How to pronounce “pretense”
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Pronunciation guide for pretense
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of pretense with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- A People's History of American Empire
and that it provided false pretenses and
- Definition summary
- (countable or uncountable) The action of pretending; false or simulated show or appearance; false or hypocritical assertion or representation.
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How to pronounce pretense
A People's History of American Empire
and that it provided false pretenses and
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A Deep Dive Into “pretense”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (countable or uncountable) The action of pretending; false or simulated show or appearance; false or hypocritical assertion or representation.
- (uncountable) Affectation or ostentation of manner.
- Intention or purpose not real but professed.
- An unsupported claim made or implied.
- An insincere attempt to reach a specific condition or quality.
- (obsolete) Intention; design.
- [Verb]
- inflection of pretensar:
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