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Link To pretence
Example Sentences
- Robin turned and leant on the bar and scanned the room with a pretence of indifference.
- Its pretence to be a computer company was going badly:.
- Biology may well be the only science in which pretence is necessary to understand its basic concepts.
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| pretence or (US) pretense (prɪˈtɛns) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the act of pretending |
| 2. | a false display; affectation |
| 3. | a claim, esp a false one, to a right, title, or distinction |
| 4. | make-believe or feigning |
| 5. | a false claim or allegation; pretext |
| 6. | a less common word for pretension |
| pretense or (US) pretense | |
| —n | |
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