PRETENTION

Meaning of PRETENTION in English

n pretension (1. claim; 2. pretentiousness)

Interlingua English vocab. Английский словарь Интерлингва. 2012

PRETENTION — noun see pretension I
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRETENTION — претензия
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PRETENTION — претензия
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PRETENTION — претензия; притязание; заявление прав на что-л.
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
PRETENTION — претензия
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PRETENTIOUS — adjective Etymology: French prétentieux, from prétention pretension, from Medieval Latin pretention-, pretentio, from Latin praetendere Date: 1832 characterized by pretension: …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PRETENSION — I. pre·ten·sion noun also pre·ten·tion prēˈtenchən, prə̇ˈ- ( -s ) Etymology: pretension from Medieval Latin praetension-, praetensio, from Late Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRETENTIOUS — prēˈtenchəs, prə̇ˈ- adjective Etymology: French prétentieux, from prétention pretension (from Medieval Latin praetention-, praetentio ) + -eux -ous 1. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MANNERISM — n. mode of behavior, particular way of acting; affectation, pretention
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PRETENTIOUS — adjective Etymology: French prétentieux, from prétention pretension, from Medieval Latin pretention-, pretentio, from Latin praetendere Date: 1832 1. : characterized …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRETENTIOUS — ■ adjective attempting to impress by affecting greater importance or merit than is actually possessed. Derivatives ~ly adverb ~ness noun …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PRETENTIOUS — [pre.ten.tious] adj [F pretentieux, fr. pretention pretension, fr. ML praetention-, praetentio, fr. L praetendere] (1837) 1: characterized by pretension: as …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HAZLITT, WILLIAM — born April 10, 1778, Maidstone, Kent, Eng. died Sept. 18, 1830, Soho, London English writer best known for his humanistic …
Britannica English vocabulary
PRETENTIOUS — / prɪˈtenʃəs; NAmE / adjective ( disapproving ) trying to appear important, intelligent, etc. in order to impress other people; …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ПРЕТЕНЗИЯ — f. claim, pretention
Russian-English Dictionary of the Mathematical Sciences
ПРИТЯЗАНИЕ — assertion, pretention
Русско-Английский юридический словарь
ПРЕТЕНЗИЯ — claim, complaint, pretention
Русско-Английский юридический словарь
ЗАЯВЛЕНИЕ ПРАВ НА — pretention
Русско-Английский юридический словарь

Interlingua English vocab

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