Dictionary entry

Pretension

Pronunciation: /prɪˈtɛnʃ(ə)n/

Pronunciation

/prɪˈtɛnʃ(ə)n/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) အယောင်ဆောင်ခြင်း။ ဟန်များခြင်း။ ဟိတ်ဟန်ထုတ်ခြင်း။ ဟိတ်ဟန်။

Definition

pretension /prÇ'tenʃn/ n ၁။ [C usu pl ] ~ (to sth/doing sth) အေယာင္ေဆာင္ျခင္း။ have social/literary/artistic pretensions ❍ He has/makes no pretensions to being an expert on the subject. ၂။ [U] ဟန္မ်ားျခင္း။ ဟိတ္ဟန္ထုတ္ျခင္း။ ဟိတ္ဟန္။ live modestly, without pretension.

Examples

  1. There’s a refreshing lack of pretension about her.
  2. A style of cooking that is entirely without pretension
  3. [pretension to] : A film that has no pretension to the status of art