Pretext | Mean of pretext in English Dictionary
/ˈpriːˌtɛkst/
- Noun
- a reason that you give to hide your real reason for doing something
- The leaders used a minor clash at the border as a pretext for war. [=as a reason/excuse for starting a war]
- She always managed to visit him on one pretext or another. [=she found various reasons to visit him]
- She went back to her friend's house on/under the pretext that she had forgotten her purse.
Những từ liên quan với PRETEXT
color, masquerade, alibi, mask, simulation, affectation, coloring, appearance, plea, pretense, guise, semblance, stratagem, ploy, show