Word: pretension

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Synonyms: pretension

aspiration, claim, assertion, pretense, profession, pretentiousness, affectation, ostentation, artificiality, airs, posing, posturing, show, flashiness, pomposity, pompousness, grandiosity, grandiloquence, magniloquence, largeness

Translations: pretension

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spanish
Translations:
pretensión, pretensiones, pretensión de, la pretensión
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german
Translations:
überheblichkeit, anmaßung, anspruch, Anspruch, Anmaßung, Vorspannung, Vorspann
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french
Translations:
prétention, revendication, précontrainte, la prétention, prétentions, prétension
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italian
Translations:
pretesa, pretese, pretensione, precarico, pretensionamento
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portuguese
Translations:
pretensão, a pretensão, pretensões, estilo despretensiosamente, despretensiosamente
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dutch
Translations:
pretentie, voorspanning, voorspanningsschijf, pretenties
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russian
Translations:
претензия, требование, притязание, схватывание, хватание, претенциозность, поползновение, притворство, претензии, предварительного натяжения
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norwegian
Translations:
pretensjon, forspenning, forspenningen, forspenn
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swedish
Translations:
förspänning, förspänningen, anspråk, fruktlöst, anspråk på
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finnish
Translations:
teeskentely, esijännitys, esijännityksen, kiristyslevyn, esijännityksestä
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danish
Translations:
verdensrige, forspænding, forspændingen, prætention
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czech
Translations:
nárok, domýšlivost, domnělé právo, předpětí, předepnutí, předchozí předpětí
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polish
Translations:
pretensja, pretensjonalność, roszczenie, pretensje, naprężenie wstępne, napięcia wstępnego
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hungarian
Translations:
jogigény, nagyravágyás, igény, előfeszítést, előfeszítését, előfeszítése
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turkish
Translations:
gösteriş, öngermeli, ön gerdirme, ön gerilim, ön gerilme
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greek
Translations:
αξίωση, φιλοδοξία, προένταση, προεντάσεως, προέντασης
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ukrainian
Translations:
хапальний, претензійність, претензія, претензію
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albanian
Translations:
shtirje, pretendimi, pretendim, pretendim për diçka, pretendim për
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bulgarian
Translations:
лицемерене, преструване, претенция, опъване, за опъване
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belarusian
Translations:
прэтэнзія
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estonian
Translations:
nõue, pretensioon, pretensioonikus, eelpinge, eelpingestus, eelpinget, eelpingestusega
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croatian
Translations:
zahtjev, traženje, pretvaranje, pretenzija, težnji koju, težnji, izgovor
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lithuanian
Translations:
pretenzija, išankstinio įtempimą, Pretensji, Pretensjonalność, apsimetimas
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latvian
Translations:
pretenzija, spriegojums, izlikšanās
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macedonian
Translations:
претензија, претензии
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romanian
Translations:
pretenție, pretensionare, de pretensionare, pretenția, pretenții
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slovenian
Translations:
pretenzija, Pretenzijo
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slovak
Translations:
domnelé, údajné, údajnom, údajnej, domnelej

The meaning and "use of": pretension

noun
  • a claim or the assertion of a claim to something. - their pretensions to culture
  • the use of affectation to impress; ostentatiousness. - he spoke simply, without pretension
verb
  • apply tension to (an object) before some other process or event. - the safety system pretensions the seat belts

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