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We found 8 dictionaries that define the word pretensions:

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  1. pretensions: Merriam-Webster
  2. pretensions: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pretensions: Collins English Dictionary
  4. pretensions: Vocabulary.com
  5. Pretensions, pretensions: Wordnik
  6. pretensions: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. pretensions: Wiktionary
  8. pretensions: Dictionary.com

(Note: See pretension as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (pretension)

noun:  A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality.
noun:  Pretentiousness.
verb:  To apply tension to an object before some other event or process.
verb:  (construction) To apply tension to reinforcing strands before concrete is poured in.
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