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Definition: Pretension |
PretensionNoun1. A false or unsupportable quality. 2. The advancing of a claim; "his pretension to the crown"; "the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort". 3. The quality of being pretentious (creating a false appearance of great importance or worth). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pretension" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1657. (references) |
Synonyms: PretensionSynonyms: pretence (n), pretense (n), pretentiousness (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: unpretentiousness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Affectation | Charlatanism, quackery, shallow profundity; pretension, airs, pedantry, purism, precisianism, euphuism; teratology; (altiloquence). |
Dissuasion | Noun: pretext, pretense, pretension, plea; allegation, advocation; ostensible motive, ostensible ground, ostensible reason, phony reason; excuse; (vindication); subterfuge; color; gloss, guise, cover. |
Dueness | Noun: due, dueness; right, privilege, prerogative, prescription, claim, pretension, demand, birthright. immunity, license, liberty, franchise; vested interest, vested right. |
Ornament | Big-sounding words, high-sounding words; macrology, sesquipedalia verba, Alexandrine; inflation, pretension; rant, bombast, fustian, prose run mad; fine writing; sesquipedality; Minerva press. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Pretension |
| English words defined with "pretension": Arrogative ♦ Charlatanical ♦ modest ♦ restrained ♦ To haul in one's horns, To strike sail ♦ unostentatious, unpretentious. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "pretension": Heralds, Huggins and Muggins ♦ Wasn't. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "pretension": Arrogative. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Pretension" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Spanish (assert a claim, claim). |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Hosea Ballou | Pretension almost always overdoes the original, and hence exposes itself. |
John Greenleaf Whittier | How dwarfed against his manliness she sees the poor pretension, the wants, the aims, the follies, born of fashion and convention! |
John Kenneth Galbraith | In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire for respectability. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | And her caro sposo, and her resources, and all her airs of pert pretension and underbred finery |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Never had that earthly pretension which is called the right of kings, denied the divine right to such an extent |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Pretension" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Pretension" is used about 72 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 72 | 39,377 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
pretension | 7 |
double pretension | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "pretension"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | pretendim për diçka, shtirje (affectation, artificiality, camp, dissimulation, humbug, pretence, pretense, sham). (various references) | |
Arabic | غرور (arrogance, bighead, conceit, delusion, ego, egoism, egotism, pride, sufficiency, vanity), حجة (allegation, argument, case, document, excuse, instrument, plea, pretence, pretext, proofing, reasoning), طموح (ambition, ambitious, aspirant, aspiration, careerist, fly high, goal, pretentious, pretentiousness), ذريعة (cloak, expedience, expediency, plea, pretence, pretext, resource, stalking horse, subterfuge), إدعاء (allegation, assumption, claim, claiming, codification, plea, pose, pretentiousness). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | лицемерене, преструвка (affectation, dissimulation, feint, pose, pretence, pretense, sham, simulacrum), преструване (affectation, disguise, dissemblance, make believe, pretence, sham, show, simulation), претенция (claim, counterclaim, pretence, pretense), право (authorization, claim, clean, directly, due, fair, flush, jurisprudence, jus, law, perquisite, place, right, slap, smack, spang, straight, straightway, upright). (various references) | |
Czech | nárok (claim, pretense), domnìlé právo. (various references) | |
Danish | hvis forspaendingen havde vaeret mindre,ville fortoejningssystemet have vaeret for slapt,hvad der ville have foert til for store bevaegelser vaek fra boringen,foer den kompenserende kraft blev frembragt af fortoejningssystemet (if the pretension been lower, the mooring system would have been too loose resulting in too large excursions off the well before sufficient restoring force was supplied by the mooring system). (various references) | |
Dutch | bij magere voorspanning zou het meersysteem te los zijn geweest,met als gevolg te grote afdwalingen ten opzichte van de put voordat voldoende tegenkracht werd uitgeoefend door het meersysteem (if the pretension been lower, the mooring system would have been too loose resulting in too large excursions off the well before sufficient restoring force was supplied by the mooring system). (various references) | |
Farsi | قصد (Animus, Assumption, Attempt, Design, Intent, Intention, Purporst, Purpose, Resolution, Thought, Will), وانمود, تظاهر (Display, Grimace, Ostentation, Pretense, Prudery, Semblance), خودفروشی (Ostentation, Swank), ادعا (Claim, Plea, Posit, Postulate, Pretense, Purporst), دعوی (Case, Claim, Lawsuit, Quarrel). (various references) | |
Finnish | vaatimus (claim, demand, requirement). (various references) | |
French | prétention (pretence, pretense, pretentiousness). (various references) | |
German | Anspruch (assert a claim, claim, demand, entitlement, presumption, pretence, pretensions, requirement, right, standard, title), Anmaßung (arrogance, arrogation, assertiveness, hubris, insolence, presumption, presumptuousness, usurpation). (various references) | |
Greek | αξίωση (assumption, claim, demand, requirement). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ימר", פרט סי" (pretence), "תימרות (boastfulness, pretence). (various references) | |
Hungarian | igény (claim, demand, need, pretence, pretense, want), kifogás (alibi, caveat, censure, evasion, exception, excuse, kick, mask, objection, plea, pretext, remonstrance, shabby excuse, stalking horse, stricture, subterfuge), követelés (accounts receivable, assertion, claim, demand, due, money at call, requisition), jogigény, ürügy (evasion, excuse, false allegation, handle, pretence, pretense, shift, shuffle, stalking horse, subterfuge), önhittség (cock-sureness, conceit, confidence, false pride, hubris, over confidence, priggishness, self-conceit, self-importance, superciliousness). (various references) | |
Indonesian | keinginan (eagerness, urge, wish). (various references) | |
Italian | pretesa (claim, demand, pretence, pretense). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 抱 (ambition, aspiration). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きどり (affectation), うぬぼれ (conceit, hubris), つけやきば (affectation), ほうふ (abundance, ambition, aspiration, bounty, plenty, wealth), せ"しょう (assumption, depreciatory name, quite few, recommendation, scoring the first point, triumph, very little, victory, war wound, winning the first game), じに" (acknowledgment, admission, resignation, self-appointment). (various references) | |
Manx | aggyrtys (action, action court, claim, demand). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | etensionpray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | pretensão (ambition, arrogation, aspiration, assumption, desire, presumption, pretence, pretense, snobbery, want, wish), presunção (airs, arrogance, assumption, assurance, conceit, concetto, coxcombry, daring, pragmatism, presumption, puppyism, self-assurance, self-conceit, self-importance, self-sufficiency, self-support, surmise, swagger, swank, vainglory, vanity), vaidade (airs, conceit, concetto, flatulence, flatulency, presumption, pride, self-conceit, self-importance, vainglory, vanity, vaunt), reivindicação (claim, reclamation, right), reclamação dum direito, exibição (blazonry, display, exhibit, exhibition, exposure, ostentation, parade, shew, show, spectacle), afetação (affectation, affectedness, airs, assumption, courtliness, coxcombry, frill, mannerism, namby-pamby, pomposity, preciosity, pretence, pretense, primness). (various references) | |
Romanian | pretenţie (challenge, claim, pretence, requirement). (various references) | |
Russian | претенциозность (flatulence, flatulency, pretence, pretentiousness), претензия (beef, complaint, pretence, pretense), притязание (claim). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pretenzija, polaganje prava, izgovor (elusion, excuse, loophole, loop-hole, plea, pretence, pretense, pretext, pronunciation). (various references) | |
Spanish | pretensión (affectation, arrogance, aspiration, claim, offer, offer of marriage, offer of parriage, presumption, pretence, pretense, pretentiousness, proposal). (various references) | |
Swedish | anspråk (claim, claima, interest, pretence, pretense). (various references) | |
Turkish | yüksekten atma (big talk, blow, bluster, bounce, brag, flatulence, tub-thumping), sav (allegation, assertion, contention, position, proposition, thesis), iddia (allegation, argument, assertion, asseveration, averment, bet, charge, claim, contention, contest, information, pleading, pretence, pretense, protestation, say so, submission), gösteriş (affectation, array, blazon, blazonry, dash, display, flashiness, flourish, frill, furbelows, gaiety, glitter, glossiness, ostentation, panache, parade, pomposity, pride, put on, shew, show, show off, showiness, showing off, splendidness, splurge, swank, vanity, veneer, veneering). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | удавання (acting, affectation, affectedness, assumption, comedy, dissimulation, feint, hypocrisy, make believe, pose, sham, simulation), справедлива вимога, претензія (challenge, claim, complaint, demand, pretence, pretense), претензійність (attitudinizing, frippery, grandiosity, pretentiousness). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | quyền đòi hỏi chính đáng, kỳ vọng điều yêu cầu chính đáng, ý muốn (accord, volition, will). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "pretension": pretensioned, pretensioning, pretensionless, pretensions. (additional references) | |
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"Pretension" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pertension, prednesol, prednison, prehension, prentension, prepension, pretenion, pretensioned, pretention, retension, ypertension. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "pretension" (pronounced prēte"nshun) |
| 8 | -r ē t e" n sh u n | retention. |
| 6 | -t e" n sh u n | attention, contention, detention, extension, hypertension, hypotension, tension. |
| 5 | -e" n sh u n | apprehension, ascension, comprehension, condescension, convention, dimension, dissension, gentian, invention, mention, misapprehension, pension, prevention, reinvention, suspension. |
| 4 | -n sh u n | expansion, mansion, overexpansion. |
| 3 | -sh u n | facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fission, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, composition, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condition, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, dietitian, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, erudition, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, fruition, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, intuition, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, precondition, predestination, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, prohibition, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retraction, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-i-n-n-o-p-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: entropies, interpose, pensioner, spinneret, tensioner. | |
-2 letters: enterons, intenser, internes, intoners, isoprene, oneriest, pensione, pioneers, poetiser, poetries, pointers, porniest, proteins, serotine, tenoners, ternions, tropines. | |
-3 letters: enteron, entires, entries, erepsin, estrone, intense, interne, interns, intoner, intones, introns, norites, oestrin, openers, openest, orients, orpines, penners, pennies, pension, penster, pentose, peonies, pereion, pestier, pinenes, pinners, pinones, pintoes. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-i-n-n-o-p-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: nonreceipts, omnipresent, pretensions, preventions, septentrion. | |
+2 letters: copresenting, hypertension, penetrations, perennations, prenominates, presentation, pretensioned, reinspection, septentrions, supervention. | |
+3 letters: antipersonnel, countersniper, hypertensions, interceptions, interpersonal, interspersion, nonpersistent, premoistening, presentations, pretensioning, reconceptions, reinspections, septentrional, superventions, unpretentious. | |
+4 letters: antidepression, convertiplanes, countersnipers, hyperextension, interspersions, nondescriptive, nucleoproteins, peregrinations, preconceptions, preconventions, predestination, preordainments, presentational, pretensionless, reappointments, representation, superconfident, supercontinent, superinfection. | |
+5 letters: antidepressions, counterstepping, hyperextensions, importunateness, incorruptnesses, inoperativeness, inopportuneness, interpellations, interpersonally, interpretations, parthenogenesis, pentobarbitones, perfunctoriness, phenobarbitones, precipitinogens, predestinations, preponderations, pretentiousness, preterminations, representations, supercontinents, superconvenient, superinfections, unpretentiously. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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