pretext
To employ a pretext, which involves using a false or contrived purpose for soliciting…To employ a pretext, which involves using a false or contrived purpose for soliciting the gain of something else.
» He delayed payment on some pretext or other.
Meaning
1 sensesTo employ a pretext, which involves using a false or contrived purpose for soliciting the gain of something else.
The spy obtained his phone records using possibly-illegal pretexting methods.
etwas vorgeben, einen Vorwand verwenden, etwas vorschützen
Examples
23 sentencesHe delayed payment on some pretext or other.
I'm starting to think it's just a pretext.
ruЯ начинаю думать, что это просто предлог.
He did not come on the pretext of sickness.
ruОн не пришёл, сказавшись больным.
deUnter dem Vorwand, krank zu sein, kam er nicht.
He made up a pretext for a fight with me.
ruОн придумал предлог для драки со мной.
Treating disagreement as censorship is a pretext to censor disagreement.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Latin praetextum (“an ornament, etc., wrought in front, a pretense”), neuter of praetFrom Latin praetextum (“an ornament, etc., wrought in front, a pretense”), neuter of praetextus, past participle of praetexere (“to weave before, fringe or border, allege”).
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Forms
pretexts, pretexting, pretexted, pretextedSynonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle