Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to pretext
Participle: pretexted
Gerund: pretexting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | pretext |
| you | pretext |
| he;she;it | pretexts |
| we | pretext |
| you | pretext |
| they | pretext |
Perfect
| I | have pretexted |
| you | have pretexted |
| he;she;it | has pretexted |
| we | have pretexted |
| you | have pretexted |
| they | have pretexted |
Past
| I | pretexted |
| you | pretexted |
| he;she;it | pretexted |
| we | pretexted |
| you | pretexted |
| they | pretexted |
Pluperfect
| I | had pretexted |
| you | had pretexted |
| he;she;it | had pretexted |
| we | had pretexted |
| you | had pretexted |
| they | had pretexted |
Future
| I | will pretext |
| you | will pretext |
| he;she;it | will pretext |
| we | will pretext |
| you | will pretext |
| they | will pretext |
Future Perfect
| I | will have pretexted |
| you | will have pretexted |
| he;she;it | will have pretexted |
| we | will have pretexted |
| you | will have pretexted |
| they | will have pretexted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | pretext |
| you | pretext |
| he;she;it | pretext |
| we | pretext |
| you | pretext |
| they | pretext |
Perfect
| I | have pretexted |
| you | have pretexted |
| he;she;it | have pretexted |
| we | have pretexted |
| you | have pretexted |
| they | have pretexted |
Imperfect
| I | pretexted |
| you | pretexted |
| he;she;it | pretexted |
| we | pretexted |
| you | pretexted |
| they | pretexted |
Pluperfect
| I | had pretexted |
| you | had pretexted |
| he;she;it | had pretexted |
| we | had pretexted |
| you | had pretexted |
| they | had pretexted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would pretext |
| you | would pretext |
| he;she;it | would pretext |
| we | would pretext |
| you | would pretext |
| they | would pretext |
Perfect
| I | would have pretexted |
| you | would have pretexted |
| he;she;it | would have pretexted |
| we | would have pretexted |
| you | would have pretexted |
| they | would have pretexted |
Imperative
| you | pretext |
| we | Let's pretext |
| you | pretext |
Verbs conjugated like 'pretext'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'pretext'
pretest,
pretex,
detext,
precept,
preheat,
prelect,
present,
preset,
pretell,
pretend,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Latin praetextum (“an ornament, etc., wrought in front, a pretense”), neuter of praetextus, past participle of praetexere (“to weave before, fringe or border, allege”).
Sample Sentences
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The spy obtained his phone records using possibly-illegal pretexting methods.
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[…] the something in the air of these establishments; the vibration of the vast, strange life of the town; the influence of the types, the performers, concocting their messages; the little prompt Paris women arranging, pretexting goodness knew what, driving the dreadful needle-pointed public pen at the dreadful sand-strewn public table[…] [1903 September 28, Henry James, The Ambassadors, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC:]
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Not all the surviving veteran chiefs would actually fight. Some remained nominally in the resistance but in practice delayed at their bases, pretexting a lack of ammunition for their uncertain inertia. [1970 August 12 [1969 January 15], John Womack, Jr., Zapata and the Mexican Revolution, New York: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 261:]