Sekirov Dictionary

pretension

noun 2
verb 2
forms 3

noun2

A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality.
Pretentiousness.

verb2

To apply tension to an object before some other event or process.
To apply tension to reinforcing strands before concrete is poured in.

forms

pretensioned · pretensioning · pretensions

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