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# How to pronounce "pretexts" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/prɛtɛksts/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **pre·texts**
- **Parts of Speech**: verb
- **VERB**: third-person singular simple present indicative of pretext

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "pretexts" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "for months on end at least we removed other excuses or pretexts because Logistics uh were uh presented very often as an issue now there is no no excuse um the the mechanism is functioning uh in a well"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 3:53](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1V9YrsK9QY&t=233s)

### Example 2
> "pretexts when he had gone taking his wife with him and had settled down with her in their covered cart the officers lay down in the tavern covering"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 147:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmQteIc9_Nk&t=8832s)

### Example 3
> "bomb and they plan to Stage that attack um uh as the that that was the one of the pretexts that Russia used in uh attacking Ukraine uh so we don't have evidence and we shouldn't be uh speculating about"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 5:42](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wBgzILfuwk&t=342s)

### Example 4
> "specious the pretexts. One method of assault may be to affect in the forms of the constitution alterations which will impair the energy"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 16:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTj8r6e7cbM&t=1011s)

### Example 5
> "of their patrimony besides pretexts for taking away the property are never wanting for he who is once begun to live by robbery"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 174:38](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr2HO8nV3Ws&t=10478s)

### Example 6
> "different applications of pretexts in different contexts and Gigi is a professor at the Ed School who's going to talk about some of the evidence"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 4:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnjE1MJL7RM&t=275s)

### Example 7
> "behind the goals for pretexts and who I understand is helping to collect data and that maybe at some point we'll understand exactly what happens as a"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 4:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnjE1MJL7RM&t=284s)

### Example 8
> "can multiply with pretexts, uh and we do."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 9:17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnjE1MJL7RM&t=557s)

### Example 9
> "activity called pretexts which is part of the cultural agents uh initiative and"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 10:57](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8jNDXC_hhU&t=657s)

### Example 10
> "And that all of these pretexts were, were made up."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 47:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u321m25rKXc&t=2820s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Synonyms**: [alibi](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/alibi), [stall](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/stall), [canard](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/canard), [excuse](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/excuse), [blag](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/blag)
- **Nearby Vocabulary**: [praetexta](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/praetexta), [pre](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/pre), [preabdomen](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/preabdomen), [preabdominal](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/preabdominal), [preablated](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/preablated), [preablation](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/preablation), [preabortal](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/preabortal), [preabortion](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/preabortion)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "pretexts" correctly?
"pretexts" is pronounced `/prɛtɛksts/`. Syllable breakdown: **pre·texts**.

### What does "pretexts" mean in context?
third-person singular simple present indicative of pretext

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