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Meanings of pretext in inglés

portugués
pretexto
catalán
pretext
español
apariencia

An artful or simulated semblance.

        apariencia
        portugués
        pretexto
        catalán
        agafall
        español
        pretexto

        Something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason.

              pretexto

              Something serving to conceal plans.

                    Sinónimos
                    Examples for "cloak"
                    Examples for "cloak"
                    1
                    The material composing the cloak was in general exceedingly light and flimsy.
                    The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 7: ...
                    2
                    In reality the cloak of secrecy is best achieved through urbane banality.
                    The Irish Times
                    3
                    I raised my left hand as my right slid within my cloak.
                    The Great Book of Amber
                    4
                    I left it at a basket shop; and that explains the cloak.
                    The Intriguers
                    5
                    The girl figure in the blue cloak and hood was absolutely alone.
                    Robert Elsmere
                    Usage of pretext in inglés
                    1
                    Opposition groups said the abrupt closure was a pretext to prevent protests.
                    Reuters
                    2
                    In his province, Mirabeau was the cause or pretext for the troubles.
                    A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6
                    3
                    He would go to South Africa on the pretext of a conference.
                    A change in altitude
                    4
                    Under the pretext of improving the law it can be easily emasculated.
                    The Progressive Democracy of James M. Cox
                    5
                    He stopped the Countess to look at the pretext of this excursion.
                    Monsieur de Camors — Volume 3
                    6
                    The pretext served also to make him the subject of many conversations.
                    Evan Harrington — Volume 7
                    7
                    The ruffians were only glad of the slightest pretext for further brutality.
                    Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigands of Greece
                    8
                    They are a pretext, betraying its expansionist designs against Cyprus, Christofias said.
                    Reuters
                    9
                    A pretext, she had said; clearly she had seen through it all.
                    Wanderers
                    10
                    This was a trap of the right, a pretext to win elections.
                    The Guardian
                    11
                    This retreat furnished the enemy with a pretext for claiming the victory.
                    The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. / Continued fro...
                    12
                    It is only a favourable pretext for the life I have chosen.
                    The Choice of Life
                    13
                    The terrible butchery which is being prepared has not even a pretext.
                    The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters
                    14
                    But, put in the other way, her pretext for coming appeared trivial.
                    Demos
                    15
                    When she needed to cry, the deceased count would be the pretext.
                    War and Peace
                    16
                    Luckily, I have a pretext for my unexpected visit in these dispatches.
                    Prince Eugene and His Times
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                    Pretext through the time
                    Pretext across language varieties
                    United Kingdom
                    Common
                    United States of America
                    Less common