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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -pretens-, *pretens*, preten
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ตัวอย่างประโยคจาก Tanaka JP-EN Corpus
pretensHe made a pretense of knowing my father.

WordNet (3.0)
pretense(n) the act of giving a false appearance, Syn. pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning, Example: his conformity was only pretending
pretense(n) pretending with intention to deceive, Syn. dissembling, pretence, feigning
pretense(n) imaginative intellectual play, Syn. make-believe, pretence
pretension(n) a false or unsupportable quality, Syn. pretence, pretense
pretension(n) the advancing of a claim, Example: his pretension to the crown; the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Pretensed

a. Pretended; feigned. [ Obs. ] -- Pre*tens"ed*ly adv. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Pretenseful

a. Abounding in pretenses. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pretenseless

a. Not having or making pretenses. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pretension

n. [ Cf. F. prétention. See Pretend, Tension. ] 1. The act of pretending, or laying claim; the act of asserting right or title. [ 1913 Webster ]

The arrogant pretensions of Glengarry contributed to protract the discussion. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A claim made, whether true or false; a right alleged or assumed; a holding out the appearance of possessing a certain character; as, pretensions to scholarship. [ 1913 Webster ]

This was but an invention and pretension given out by the Spaniards. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men indulge those opinions and practices that favor their pretensions. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

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