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pretension [prɪ'tenʃən]∎ to have pretensions to sth avoir des prétentions ou prétendre à qch;∎ a film with intellectual pretensions un film qui a des prétentions intellectuelles;∎ to have social pretensions vouloir arriver;∎ I make no pretensions to expert knowledge je n'ai pas la prétention ou je ne me flatte pas d'être expert en la matière;∎ he has literary pretensions il se prend pour un écrivain(b) (UNCOUNT) (pretentiousness) prétention f;∎ he is devoid of pretension il est sans prétention -
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pretensjonsubst. \/prɪˈtenʃ(ə)n\/1) fordring, krav2) pretensjon3) aspirasjon4) løs\/ubevist påstandmake pretension to gi seg ut for, pretenderegjøre krav påpretension to krav på
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