pretension

1. To apply tension to an object before some other event or process.

2. To apply tension to reinforcing strands before concrete is poured in.

1. Art isn't the pretension of perfection.

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2. Don't start again now with your intellectual pretensions.

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3. The strain of his pretension is just too much to bear.

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4. Curb your intellectual pretensions.

   ruУйми свои потуги на интеллектуальность.

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5. Old men and comets are revered for the same reasons: their long beards and their pretensions to predict events.

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