Definitions for pretenses

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pretenses pre·tense

Spelling: [pri-tens, pree-tens]

IPA: /prɪˈtɛns, ˈpri tɛns/

Pretenses is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 274 anagrams from letters in pretenses (eeenprsst).

Definitions for pretenses

noun

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

Origin of pretenses

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 pretenses

We would perhaps be tossing out any pretense of traditional baseball in exchange for popular thrill-a-minute spectacle.

There is not even the pretense of actual interaction with voters.

She had been convicted of blackmail, and she made no pretense even of innocence.

They are winning incremental battles under the pretense of health regulations and parental consent.

That cannot be simulated; the pretense of it is in general, in the long run, futile.

Ben pretended to be vexed with Dick and Tom, but it was only pretense.

All along, Orman never made any pretense about her sexuality.

“Tell us some more about Big Brother Bill,” she said, with the pretense of a sigh.

Hastily he threw on the packs, making no pretense at neat packing.

In Iraq and Syria, unlike in Libya, there is no pretense that this is anything less than war in the constitutional sense.