English Explanatory Dictionary

pretension

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality.
  2. Pretentiousness.
verb
  1. To apply tension to an object before some other event or process.
  2. To apply tension to reinforcing strands before concrete is poured in.

Word forms

pretension pretensions prætension pretensioning pretensioned

Etymology

From Middle English pretencioun, pretensioun, from Medieval Latin prētēnsiō.

Related words

pretense pretentious

Derived words

pretensional pretensionless
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