PRETENSION
\pɹɪtˈɛnʃən], \pɹɪtˈɛnʃən], \p_ɹ_ɪ_t_ˈɛ_n_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of PRETENSION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the advancing of a claim; "his pretension to the crown"; "the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort"
By Princeton University
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the advancing of a claim; "his pretension to the crown"; "the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A claim made, whether true or false; a right alleged or assumed; a holding out the appearance of possessing a certain character; as, pretensions to scholarship.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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