Dictionary entry

Pretense

Pronunciation: /prɪˈtɛns/

Pronunciation

/prɪˈtɛns/

Myanmar Meaning

pretence

Definition

pretence ( US pretense ) /prÇ'tens/ n ၁။ (က) [U] ဟန္ေဆာင္မႈ။ Their friendliness was only pretence. ❍ Their way of life was all pretence. (ခ) [sing] ~ of sth …. ခ်င္ေယာင္ ေဆာင္မႈ။ ဟန္ေဆာင္မႈ။ make a pretence of loyalty/grief ❍ She kept up the pretence that she still loved him. ၂။ [C] ~ to sth/doing sth အေယာင္ေဆာင္မႈ။ I make little/no pretence to being an expert on the subject.

Examples

  1. She said she was really pleased to see us
  2. but I could tell it was just a pretence.
  3. [pretence of] : Harper was convicted without even the pretence of a proper trial.
  4. Yeltsin
  5. now seriously ill
  6. had given up any pretence of being in charge.
  7. [make a pretence of] : Alex made no pretence of hiding her disappointment.