pretension
Meaning of pretension
noun
- A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality.
- Pretentiousness.
- To apply tension to an object before some other event or process.
- To apply tension to reinforcing strands before concrete is poured in.
Information about pretension
- The plural form of pretension is: pretensions.
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Hyphenation of pretension
pre-ten-sion
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- pretension is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
pretension synonyms
Meaning pretense:
Meaning pretentiousness:
Anagrams of pretension
Words that rhyme with pretension
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