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¦
Learner's definition of PRETENSE. 1. [count] : a false reason or explanation that is used to hide the real purpose of something: pretext. He called her under/on the pretense of asking about the homework assignment. [=asking about the homework assignment was not the real reason he called her].