purport in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

purport in the PONS Dictionary

purport Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to purport to be sth
pretender ser algo
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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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However, these conventions do not purport to govern all legal matters that may arise during war.
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That is the purport of the words vyakta-avyakta.
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The text in purport is on the mercy of translator and may not be the intended meaning of actual text.
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It does not purport to be a reconstruction of the original poem.
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This comic novel purports to be a first-hand account by the son of the first man to discover fire.
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A contemporary fantasy necessarily takes place in what purports to be the real world, and not a fantasy world.
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The group stopped four persons pretending to be law enforcement from robbing a blind man whose pockets they purported to be lawfully searching.
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The foam forms itself to a wearer's feet and offers purported medical benefits, according to a number of podiatrists.
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The origin of the design has often been purported as being medieval.
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Of the different genres of biography that purport to describe the events of someones life, the realistic biography is much in favor.
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