Terrence Howard plays a music mogul in a new series on Fox. 1  CHICAGO â In the presidential suite of a Hilton hotel, above a ballroom full of extras waiting to shoot a lavish party scene, sat the two lead actors of âEmpire,â a new Fox series about a feuding entertainment-industry family.
Define pretext: a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs â pretext in a sentence a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairsâ¦
presume verb (BELIEVE) âº [ T ] to believe something to be true because it is likely, although not certain: [ + (that) clause ] I presume (that) theyâre not coming, since they havenât replied to the invitation. People accused of a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty.