pretence

UK ( US pretense)

/prɪˈtens/ noun

Translation

› [U] when you make someone believe something that is not true

sahte tavır, numara, yapmacık, kandırmaca

I can't keep up the pretence (= continue pretending) any longer. They made absolutely no pretence of being interested.1054

under false pretences › If you do something under false pretences, you do it when you have lied about who you are or what you are doing.

hile ile, sahtekârlıkla, numara yaparak

The police charged him with obtaining money under false pretences.10431054

(Definition of pretence noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

real or true

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