pretense

Other spellings

• (UK) pretence

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈpriːtɛns/

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• Hyphenation: pre‧tense

Noun

Singular pretense

Plural pretenses

1. (uncountable) Pretense is the behaviour to make people believe what the pretender is doing.

Related words

• pretend