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 (prÉªzjuËm , US -zuËm ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense presumes , present participle presuming , past tense , past participle presumed. 1. verb. If you presume that something is the case, you think that it is the case, although you are not certain. I presume you're here on business.