pretext
Kelime Anlamı :

1. bahane.
2. sözde sebep.
3. mazeret göstermek.
4. kulp.
5. engellik.
Eş Anlamlı Kelimeler :
appearance, blind, cloak, color, covert, disguise, excuse, pretense, semblance, subterfuge, veil
Tanımlar :
1. an ostensible or professed purpose; an excuse.
2. an effort or strategy intended to conceal something.
3. to allege as an excuse.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. A false, contrived or assumed purpose; a pretense.
2. to employ a pretext, which involves using a false or contrived purpose for soliciting the gain of something else.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. ostensible reason or motive assigned or assumed as a color or cover for the real reason or motive; pretense; disguise.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. to use as a pretext, or cloak or covering; assume as a means of concealment.
2. that which is assumed as a cloak or means of concealment; something under cover of which a true purpose is hidden; an ostensible reason, motive, or occasion; a pretense.
3.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. an artful or simulated semblance
2. something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.