Definitions for pretensions

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pretensions pre·ten·sion

Spelling: [pri-ten-shuh n]

IPA: /prɪˈtɛn ʃən/

Pretensions is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 1024 anagrams from letters in pretensions (eeinnoprsst).

Definitions for pretensions

noun

1. the laying of a claim to something.
2. a claim or title to something.
3. Often, pretensions. a claim made, especially indirectly or by implication, to some quality, merit, or the like:
4. a claim to dignity, importance, or merit.
5. pretentiousness.
6. the act of pretending or alleging.
7. an allegation of doubtful veracity.
8. a pretext.

verb (used with object)

1. (in prestressed-concrete construction) to apply tension to (reinforcing strands) before the concrete is poured. Compare posttension (def 1).
2. to make (a concrete member) with pretensioned reinforcement.

Origin of pretensions

First recorded in 1590-1600, pretension is from the Medieval Latin word praetēnsiōn- (stem of praetēnsiō). See pretense, -ion

Examples for pretensions

Or why should the pretensions of the soutar be absolutely trusted?

And if he had, would not there have been an end of all his pretensions and hopes?

“People need to get over their pretensions and embrace the Upper East Side,” says Mark Dorosz.

So much public sculpture comes off as oversized and overblown – as plop art, with pretensions to grandeur and greatness.

How widely different the nature and pretensions of thy worshippers!

The O contained a whimsical smiley face, a wry, self-deprecating wink at the pretensions of power.

What pretensions has he that should entitle him to dream of you, Pauline?

They were remarkable affairs, not in the scale of their pretensions, but in their all-inclusive nature.

Heyward was not slow to confirm an opinion that was so favorable to his own pretensions.

Jim Harrison steps out of that tradition, but with contempt for its pretensions.