pretension

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality.
2. (countable, uncountable) 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.

Concepts

prétention

prétension

ambition

aspiration

exigence

vanité

Synonymes

claim

aspiration

demand

affectation

pretence

ambition

assumption

assertion

pretense

pretentiousness

largeness

arrogance

dissimulation

hypocrisy

conceited

ostentation

contention

pomposity

hubris

impulse

impute

inclination

insistence

intention

law suit

make believe

mind

plaint

position

preloading

presumption

pretext

proposition

proud of

purpose

quackery

request

requirement

requirements

responsible

sham

simulation

snobbery

snootiness

stand

striving

supposition

treachery

vaunt

view

Traductions

pretensión

pretesa

pretensão

pretentie

αξίωση

Anmaßung

Prätention

gösteriş

pretensione

Einbildung

aanmatiging

Anspruch

aanspraak

pretención

iddia

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: pretencioun

In summary

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