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12 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• pretension n. A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality.
• pretension n. Pretentiousness.
• pretension v. To apply tension to an object before some other event or process.
• pretension v. (Construction) To apply tension to reinforcing strands before concrete is poured in.

— English word, defined in French —

• pretension n. Prétention.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• pretension s. Pretensão.

— In French —

• prétension n.f. (Technique) Action d’introduire volontairement une tension…
• prétension n.f. (Technique) Résultat de cette action.

— In Spanish —

• pretensión s. Ambición desmedida.
• pretensión s. Derecho que uno tiene o cree tener sobre algo.
• pretensión s. Aquello que se pretende conseguir.
• pretensión s. Solicitación para conseguir una cosa que se desea.

20 English words from 4 English definitions

apply aspiration before claim concrete Construction event object other particular poured poured␣in Pretentiousness process quality reinforcing some status strands tension

7 English words from 8 foreign definitions

action algo Derecho para que Technique tension

20 foreign words from 8 foreign definitions

Ambición Aquello cette conseguir cosa cree desea desmedida introduire pretende Pretensão Prétention Résultat sobre tener tiene una une uno volontairement

7 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

pretensions pretensional pretensioned pretensioner pretensioners pretensioning pretensionless

23 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ens ENS Ens. ensi ion Ion -ion NSI pre pre- pret. Prete ret Ret. rete sion Sion -sion ten TEN tens TENS tension

17 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ERP net Net NET .NET NOI NOIs OIs OIS SNe snet ter TER ter- terp Terp 'terp

5 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

interpones peritenons presention tin-openers tin␣openers

19 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

anentropies interperson interphones nonprestige nonreceipts nonreptiles noseprinted omnipresent peritendons perventions Petersonian pinnotheres porpentines prætension presentions pretensions pretentions preventions septentrion

23 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

entropies epinetron epitenons in␣present interpone interpose isentrope neopterin netropsin noseprint penistone Penistone pensioner peritenon perniones ponerines spinneret stepronin stone␣pine tensioner tin-opener tin␣opener tropeines

4 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

prehension presension pretention protension

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

prætension

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