different between coming vs pretense

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?m??/

Etymology 1

From Middle English cominge, comynge, comande, from Old English cumende, from Proto-Germanic *kwemandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *kweman? (“to come”), equivalent to come +? -ing (present participle ending). Cognate with Dutch komend (“coming”), German kommend (“coming”), Swedish kommande (“coming”), Icelandic komandi (“coming”).

Verb

coming

1. present participle of come

Derived terms

• a long time coming
• have it coming
• see coming

Etymology 2

From Middle English coming, commyng, cumming, equivalent to come +? -ing (gerundive ending).

Noun

coming (plural comings)

1. The act of arriving; an arrival

Derived terms

• aftercoming
• forecoming
• forthcoming
• gaincoming
• second coming

Translations

Adjective

coming (not comparable)

1. Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next.
2. Newly in fashion; advancing into maturity or achievement.

3. (obsolete) Ready to come; complaisant; fond.

   • How coming to the poet every muse!

Synonyms

• (of the future): unborn; see also Thesaurus:future

Translations

Derived terms

• coming on
• this coming
• up-and-coming

Anagrams

• gnomic

English

Alternative forms

• pretence (Only correct spelling in the UK, the Republic of Ireland, and Commonwealth countries and historical use in the United States)
• prætense (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French pretensse, from Late Latin praet?nsus, past participle of Latin praetend? (“to pretend”), from prae- (“before”) + tend? (“to stretch”); see pretend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?i?t?ns/
• Hyphenation: pre?tense

Noun

pretense (countable and uncountable, plural pretenses) (American spelling)

1. (US) A false or hypocritical profession

2. Intention or purpose not real but professed.

   with only a pretense of accuracy

3. An unsupported claim made or implied.
4. An insincere attempt to reach a specific condition or quality.

Synonyms

• affectation denotes deception for the sake of escape from punishment or an awkward situation
• false pretense
• fiction
• imitation
• pretext
• sham
• subterfuge

• See also Thesaurus:pretext

Related terms

• pretend
• pretender
• pretension
• pretentious
• pretentiousness

Translations

Further reading

• pretense in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• pretense in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• pretense at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Petersen, pre-teens, preteens, terpenes

Spanish

Verb

pretense

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of pretensar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of pretensar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of pretensar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of pretensar.