pretense
/prɪˈtɛns/
US pronunciation
American sound/prɪˈtɛns/
prɪˈtɛns
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
prɪ - ˈtɛns -> pretense
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
pretence (US pretense ) /prÇ'tens/ n
၁။ (က) [U] ဟန်ဆောင်မှု။ Their friendliness was only pretence. ❍ Their way of life was all pretence. (ခ) [sing] ~ of sth …. ချင်ယောင် ဆောင်မှု။ ဟန်ဆောင်မှု။ make a pretence of loyalty/grief ❍ She kept up the pretence that she still loved him.
၂။ [C] ~ to sth/doing sth အယောင်ဆောင်မှု။ I make little/no pretence to being an expert on the subject.
More examples
- She said she was really pleased to see us, but I could tell it was just a pretence.
- [pretence of] : Harper was convicted without even the pretence of a proper trial.
- Yeltsin, now seriously ill, had given up any pretence of being in charge.
- [make a pretence of] : Alex made no pretence of hiding her disappointment.
Synonyms
act, acting, affectation, allegation, appearance, artifice, castles in the air, charade, claim, cloak, con, cover, deceit, deception, display, dissimulation, double-dealing, dumb act, evasion, excuse, fabrication, facade, fakery, faking, falsehood, falsification, fancy, fantasy, façade, feigning, gag, guise, hint, hoax, imagination, insincerity, invention, make-believe, mask, masquerade, misrepresentation, misstatement, nonsense, ostentation, posing, posturing, presumption, pretension, pretentiousness, pretext, routine, ruse, schtick, semblance, sham, shuffling, simulation, stall, stunt, subterfuge, suggestion, supposition, trick, trickery, veil, veneer, wile
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