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pretences

pretences is the plural of pretence.

Meaning of pretence

Noun

pretence (countable and uncountable, plural pretences)

  1. British standard spelling of pretense.

Phrases with pretences

Questions about pretences

What is pretences the plural of?
Pretences is the plural of pretence.

Words near pretences in the dictionary

  1. pretelson
  2. pretelsons
  3. pretemporal
  4. pretence
  5. pretenceless
  6. pretences
  7. pretend
  8. pretendant
  9. pretendants
  10. pretended
  11. pretendedly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pretences (page history and authors); pretence (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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