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¦
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English Â© 2016. conâ¢text (konâ²tekst), n. the parts of a written or spoken statement that precede or follow a specific word or passage, usually influencing its meaning or effect:You have misinterpreted my remark because you took it out of context.