Definitions for pretences

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pretences pre·tence

Spelling: [pri-tens, pree-tens]

IPA: /prɪˈtɛns, ˈpri tɛns/

Pretences is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 347 anagrams from letters in pretences (ceeenprst).

Definitions for pretences

noun

1. pretense.
2. pretending or feigning; make-believe:
3. a false show of something:
4. a piece of make-believe.
5. the act of pretending or alleging falsely.
6. a false allegation or justification:
7. insincere or false profession:
8. the putting forth of an unwarranted claim.
9. the claim itself.
10. any allegation or claim:
11. pretension (usually followed by to):
12. pretentiousness.

Origin of pretences

1375-1425; late Middle English Anglo-French Medieval Latin *praetēnsa, noun use of feminine of praetēnsus, past participle (replacing Latin praetentus) of praetendere to Examples for pretences

When he "played" with Baby Akemit thereafter, the pretence was not all with the child.

Although Vanessa comforted herself with the pretence that I had two fathers, in reality—emotional reality, that is—I had none.

Only, the cruelty must be whitewashed by a moral excuse, and a pretence of reluctance.

Only three of them she knew made any pretence of earning their living.

I shall probably put off his arrival under some pretence or other.

At his most devastating, Ellison abandons any pretence of literary realism.

She loved him so much that she could not keep up this pretence of strength!

We can't disguise hostility towards any religion behind the pretence of liberalism.

The latest addition to the most-wanted list, Hafeez Saeed, the head of Lashkar-e-Taiba, does not even make any pretence of hiding.

Kelly, however, goes a step further and abandons any pretence of subtlety.