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Meaning of "pretensive" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PRETENSIVE

pretensive  [prɪˈtɛnsɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRETENSIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pretensive is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PRETENSIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pretensive in the English dictionary

The definition of pretensive in the dictionary is pretentious.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRETENSIVE


apprehensive
ˌæprɪˈhɛnsɪv
coextensive
ˌkəʊɪkˈstɛnsɪv
comprehensive
ˌkɒmprɪˈhɛnsɪv
counteroffensive
ˈkaʊntərəˌfɛnsɪv
defensive
dɪˈfɛnsɪv
distensive
dɪsˈtɛnsɪv
energy-intensive
ˈɛnədʒɪɪnˈtɛnsɪv
expensive
ɪkˈspɛnsɪv
extensive
ɪkˈstɛnsɪv
hypotensive
ˌhaɪpəʊˈtɛnsɪv
inexpensive
ˌɪnɪkˈspɛnsɪv
inoffensive
ˌɪnəˈfɛnsɪv
intensive
ɪnˈtɛnsɪv
normotensive
ˌnɔːməʊˈtɛnsɪv
offensive
əˈfɛnsɪv
ostensive
ɒˈstɛnsɪv
pensive
ˈpɛnsɪv
protensive
prəʊˈtɛnsɪv
suspensive
səˈspɛnsɪv
tensive
ˈtɛnsɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRETENSIVE

pretence
pretenceless
pretend
pretendant
pretended
pretendedly
pretendent
pretender
pretendership
pretendingly
pretense
pretension
pretensionless
pretentious
pretentiously
pretentiousness
preterhuman
preterist
preterit
preterite

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRETENSIVE

ascensive
capital-intensive
charm offensive
exclusive
expansive
hyperresponsive
hypertensive
inapprehensive
incomprehensive
irresponsive
labour-intensive
misapprehensive
nonresponsive
on the defensive
peace offensive
prehensive
responsive
self-defensive
the offensive
unoffensive
unresponsive

Synonyms and antonyms of pretensive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pretensive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRETENSIVE

Find out the translation of pretensive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pretensive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pretensive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

pretensive
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pretensive
570 millions of speakers

English

pretensive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pretensive
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pretensive
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

pretensive
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pretensive
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pretensive
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pretensive
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berpura-pura
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pretensive
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pretensive
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pretensive
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pretending
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pretensive
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pretensive
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शिष्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pretensive
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pretensive
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pretensive
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

pretensive
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pretensive
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pretensive
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pretensive
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pretensive
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pretensive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pretensive

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRETENSIVE»

The term «pretensive» is barely ever used and occupies the 206.027 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRETENSIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pretensive

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRETENSIVE»

Discover the use of pretensive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pretensive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago: On ...
(TTM25 Dec 1994:1) pretensive pretensive adj Socially artificial; putting on airs; pretending to be more or better than you really are; conceited; pretentious. (< arc E pretensive 'full of pretense; feigned') ◊ She came and kissed me and start ...
Lise Winer, 2009
2
Reports of Cases in Chancery, Argued and Determined in the ...
Charleston, February, 1839. that the judgment confessed by John Aitken to his co -defendant, Margaret Thomas, was without any valuable consideration to support it, but was wholly voluntary, fraudulent and pretensive: and that his honor ought ...
William Rice (state reporter.), 1839
3
Studies in Evidentiality
3.6.3 The pretensive mood Pretensive mood is formed by adding the pretensive suffix -S°a 'as if to the stem of the main verb plus an appropriate form of the auxiliary verb. Its main semantics is to express a semblance of an action or state.
Robert M. W. Dixon, 2003
4
Vernon's annotated Missouri statutes
App. 414. 18. Pretensive venue Courts will not permit plaintiffs to engage in pretense of joining defendants for sole purpose of obtaining venue. Futrell v. Luhr Bros., Inc. (App. E.D. 1996) 916 S.W.2d 348, rehearing and/or transfer denied.
Missouri, Vernon Law Book Company, West Publishing Company, 1952
5
Daily Labor Report
... sufficiently established to determine whether the situation is governed by the rule which denies enforcement of pretensive agreements or by the rule which forecloses the use of parol evidence to establish a contemporaneous oral agreement ...
‎1962
6
The Federal reporter. Second series
There is nothing in the record that would justify an inference that the reason was pretensive or pretextual; nor did the trial court find that it was pretensive. The defendant accordingly met any burden that may have rested on it for sustaining its ...
‎1977
7
Studia Aethiopica:
Pretensive expressing the idea „as if" in the comparative case (-sta) and the word all which he compares to the Amharic dndd ... hullu; 5. Causal I rendering the idea of „because" in the dative-instrumental case (-5). Exact equivalents of these  ...
Verena Böll, 2004
8
Rhode Island, a Guide to the Smallest State,
About 16 per cent of Rhode Island's land surface is devoted to 'pretensive farming' — that is, to farm operations carried on by State institutions and by the owners of country estates who do not work their acres primarily for profit. Rhode Island ...
Best Books on, Federal Writers' Project, 1937
9
South Western Reporter. Second Series: Cases Argued and ...
Plaintiff claims venue was pretensive because plaintiffs joinder of Raines as a defendant was done solely to create venue in the City of St. Louis under § 508.010, RSMo (1994), the genera] venue statute.2 [4-7] Courts will not permit plaintiffs to ...
‎1996
10
Negotiated employee benefit plans: a collection of opinions ...
The defendant seeks to bring himself within the usual rule that an agreement which is purely pretensive and delivered with no intention that it is to be binding upon either party may be shown by parol evidence to have created no contractual ...
Richard P. Donaldson, Daryl D. Jonson, Marion V. Larson, 1967

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRETENSIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pretensive is used in the context of the following news items.
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T&T passes Bill to imprison illegal firearm offenders without bail
Nicholas accused the PNM of being pretensive in its care and concern for the people in its constituencies. “The constituencies which the PNM ... «Jamaica Observer, Apr 15»
2
So Is Buhari Indeed A Religious Fanatic? By Peter Claver Oparah
And another incontrovertible fact; Buhari allows Sundays as work free days for his Christian staff, a feat which the pretensive and hypocritical ... «SaharaReporters.com, Jan 15»
3
Sierra snares Spiderwick Chronicles
... (I think that was the word you were looking for, not "pretensive"). ... @diablobasher : you sound like one of those pretensive "book worms" ... «GameSpot, Aug 07»

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