pretence

Other spellings

• (US) pretense

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈpriːtɛns/

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• Hyphenation: pre‧tense

Noun

Singular pretence

Plural pretences

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

Related words

• pretend

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