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# pretension

«pretension» in Mova's school dictionary: **a claim to be or to have something, often one that is not…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (pretensions)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A pretension is a claim to be or to have something, often one that is not really true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pretension/#m1)

2) A pretension is a show of being grand or important. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pretension/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a character who claims a right or a title he does not have

### examples

- She made pretensions to be a princess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pretension/#x1)
- The lord had pretensions about his wealth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pretension/#x2)
- Ignore her pretensions; she is only a servant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pretension/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pretension» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pretension/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.