pretension
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See also: pretensión
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English pretencioun, pretensioun, from Medieval Latin prētēnsiō.
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
pretension (countable and uncountable, plural pretensions)
- A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality.
- 1872, “Reviews of Postal Publications”, in The Stamp-Collector's Magazine, volume 10, page 110:
- As a foreign stamp gazette it is nowhere. An article on Stamp Collecting, by J. E. Gray, “reprinted from one of his books,” and a catalogue of stamps constitute its sole attraction. We are surprised to find such sounding pretentions so poorly supported.
- Pretentiousness.
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Translations[edit]
claim
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pretentiousness
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Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
pretension (third-person singular simple present pretensions, present participle pretensioning, simple past and past participle pretensioned)
- To apply tension to an object before some other event or process.
- (construction) To apply tension to reinforcing strands before concrete is poured in.
- Coordinate term: posttension