- the laying of a claim to something.
- a claim or title to something.
- a claim made, especially indirectly or by implication, to some quality, merit, or the like: They laughed at my pretensions to superior judgment.
- a claim to dignity, importance, or merit.
- pretentiousness.
- the act of pretending or alleging.
- an allegation of doubtful veracity.
- a pretext.
- (in prestressed-concrete construction) to apply tension to (reinforcing strands) before the concrete is poured; prestress.
- to make (a concrete member) with pretensioned reinforcement.
- a false or unsupportable claim, esp to merit, worth, or importance
- a specious or unfounded allegation; pretext
- the state or quality of being pretentious
